Role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the aetiology of depression: Implications for pharmacological treatment

CNS Drugs

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Castrén, Eero ^a   Rantamäki, Tomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antidepressants, pharmacodynamics; BDNF, general; Depression

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; FLUOXETINE; NEUROTROPHIN; PLACEBO; SERTRALINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

BRAIN CORTEX; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; REVIEW; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 77649259349     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: 11791934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11530010-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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