BDNF plasma levels decrease during benzodiazepine withdrawal in patients suffering from comorbidity of depressive disorder and benzodiazepine dependence

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-215

  Heberlein, Annemarie ^a,b   Lenz, Bernd ^a   Muschler, Marc ^a,b   Frieling, Helge ^a,b   Buechl, Rebecca ^a,b   Gröschl, Michael ^c   Kornhuber, Johannes ^a   Bleich, Stefan ^a   Hillemacher, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

BDNF; Benzodiazepine dependence; Benzodiazepine withdrawal; Comorbidity; Depression; GDNF

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; LETTER; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

BENZODIAZEPINES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOWN-REGULATION; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 77952763890     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-010-1781-3     Document Type: Article

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