Increased cerebrospinal fluid levels of neurotrophin 3 (NT-3) in elderly patients with major depression

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 510-513

  Hock, C ^a   Heese, K ^b,c   Muller Spahn F ^b   Huber, P ^b   Riesen, W ^d   Nitsch, R M ^a   Otten, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^d Hospital of St Gallen   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Basal forebrain; ELISA; Neurotrophins; Noradrenaline

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033799293     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000743     Document Type: Article

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