Alterations of serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in depressed patients with or without antidepressants

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-75

  Shimizu, Eiji ^a,b   Hashimoto, Kenji ^a   Okamura, Naoe ^a   Koike, Kaori ^a   Komatsu, Naoya ^a   Kumakiri, Chikara ^a   Nakazato, Michiko ^a   Watanabe, Hiroyuki ^a   Shinoda, Naoyuki ^a   Okada, Sin Ichi ^a   Iyo, Masaomi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Biological marker; Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Major depression; Mood disorder

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXAPINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; MIANSERIN; MILNACIPRAN; PAROXETINE; TRAZODONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0038771149     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(03)00181-1     Document Type: Article

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