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. 2021 Apr 12;3:619573. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.619573

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BDNF, proBDNF, and beta-NGF serum levels in athletes. (A) BDNF, proBDNF, and their ratio (N = 88). (B) BDNF serum levels among categories (male N = 70, females N = 18, Endurance N = 70 Power N = 18). Age and time of collection show statistical significance as resulted from Mann-Whitney test. (C) proBDNF serum levels among categories. (D) beta-NGF serum levels among categories. BDNF, brain derived neurotrophic factor; proBDNF, pro-brain derived neurotrophic factor; beta-NGF, beta-nerve growth factor. Symbols outside the box plots indicate the outliers.