BDNF Val66Met polymorphism is associated with body mass index in healthy adults

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 153-156

  Gunstad, John ^a   Schofield, Peter ^b   Paul, Robert H ^c   Spitznagel, Mary Beth ^d   Cohen, Ronald A ^c   Williams, Leanne M ^e,h   Kohn, Michael ^e,f   Gordon, Evian ^e,g,h  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^g Brain Resource Company   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Obesity; Polymorphism, BDNF

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALINE;

EID: 33744958340     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093341     Document Type: Article

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