Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Depression, and Antidepressant Medications: Meta-Analyses and Implications

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 527-532

  Sen, Srijan ^a   Duman, Ronald ^a   Sanacora, Gerard ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive; mood; neurotrophic stress

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CLOMIPRAMINE; ESCITALOPRAM; LITHIUM; MILNACIPRAN; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 49749101642     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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