Table 1.

qRT-PCR Primers and Primer Assays Used in This Study^a

Protein	Species	Gene symbol	Forward primer (5′-3′)	Reverse primer (5′-3′)
BDNF	Human	BDNF	AACAATAAGGACGCAGACTT	TGCAGTCTTTTTGTCTGCCG
	Mouse	Bdnf	AACCATAAGGACGCGGACTT	TGCAGTCTTTTTATCTGCCG
NT4	Human	NTF4	Quantitect Hs_NTF4_1_SG primer assayb
	Mouse	Ntf5	Quantitect Mm_Ntf5_1_SG primer assayb
GAPDH	Human	GAPDH	GACATCAAGAAGGTGGTGAAGC	GTCCACCACCCTGTTGCTGTAG
	Mouse	Gapdh	GGGTGTGAACCACGAGAAAT	CCTTCCACAATGCCAAAGTT

^aqRT-PCR, quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction; BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor; NT4, neurotrophin-4; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.

^bObtained from QIAGEN (Crawley, UK).