Furthermore, added to its capacity to act as a BDNF mimetic, DHF was found to have several pharmacokinetic properties that make it advantageous for its use as neuroprotectant, and thus its potential has been explored experimentally in a number of BDNF-related neurodegenerative diseases (for review see Table 1 of [36]). Here, BDNF is linked to neurodegenerative disease.