BDNF is not associated with schizophrenia: Data from a Japanese population study and meta-analysis

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 72-79

  Kawashima, Kunihiro ^a,b   Ikeda, Masashi ^a,c   Kishi, Taro ^a,b   Kitajima, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Yamanouchi, Yoshio ^a,b   Kinoshita, Yoko ^a,b   Okochi, Tomo ^a,b   Aleksic, Branko ^d   Tomita, Makoto ^e   Okada, Takeya ^f   Kunugi, Hiroshi ^f   Inada, Toshiya ^g   Ozaki, Norio ^b,d   Iwata, Nakao ^a,b  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^g SEIWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

BDNF; Linkage disequilibrium; Meta analysis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VALINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349151334     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.03.040     Document Type: Article

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