Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor and peripheral indicators of the serotonin system in underweight and weight-recovered adolescent girls and women with anorexia nervosa

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 323-329

  Ehrlich, Stefan ^a   Salbach Andrae, Harriet ^a   Eckart, Sarah ^a   Merle, Julia V ^a   Burghardt, Roland ^a   Pfeiffer, Ernst ^a   Franke, Leonora ^a   Uebelhack, Ralf ^a   Lehmkuhl, Ulrike ^a   Hellweg, Rainer ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LEPTIN; SEROTONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; THROMBOCYTE; UNDERWEIGHT; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALNUTRITION; SEROTONIN;

EID: 70149090847     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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