Evidence for a relationship between genetic variants at the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) locus and major depression

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-314

  Schumacher, Johannes ^a   Jamra, Rami Abou ^a   Becker, Tim ^a   Ohlraun, Stephanie ^b   Klopp, Norman ^c   Binder, Elisabeth B ^d   Schulze, Thomas G ^b   Deschner, Monika ^b   Schmäl, Christine ^f   Höfels, Susanne ^a   Zobel, Astrid ^a   Illig, Thomas ^c   Propping, Peter ^a   Holsboer, Florian ^d   Rietschel, Marcella ^a,b   Nöthen, Markus M ^a,e   Cichon, Sven ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Association; BDNF; Bipolar affective disorder; Haplotype analysis; Schizophrenia; Unipolar depression

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATIFICATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 23644432395     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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