Social support in older individuals: The role of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1205-1212

  Taylor, Warren D ^a   Züchner, Stephan ^a,b   McQuoid, Douglas R ^a   Steffens, David C ^a   Blazer, Dan G ^a   Krishnan, K Ranga R ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aging; Depression; Geriatrics; Polymorphism; Single nucleotide

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 55349141429     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30754     Document Type: Article

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