Editorial: The legacy of Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini: advances in neurotrophic factors in brain disease development and treatment

Wei-Jung Chen; Woon-Man Kung; Muh-Shi Lin

doi:10.3389/fnmol.2024.1387026

Editorial: The legacy of Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini: advances in neurotrophic factors in brain disease development and treatment

Front Mol Neurosci. 2024 Apr 25:17:1387026. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2024.1387026. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Wei-Jung Chen¹, Woon-Man Kung^{2

3}, Muh-Shi Lin^{1

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biotechnology and Animal Science, College of Bioresources, National Ilan University, Yilan, Taiwan.
² Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
³ Department of Exercise and Health Promotion, College of Kinesiology and Health, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Health Business Administration, College of Medical and Health Care, Hung Kuang University, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁵ Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Kuang Tien General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.

No abstract available

Keywords: brain injuries and diseases; brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF); editorial; nerve growth factor (NGF); the legacy of Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcin.

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. The authors acknowledge support for this work by the Hung Kuang University and Kuang Tien General Hospital (grant no. HK-KTOH-111-02).