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Medical Definition of Neurotrophins
1. Molecules with closely related structures that are known to support the survival of different classes of embryonic neurons. See: Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and neurotrophin 3 (NT 3). This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)