Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor level is reduced in antidepressant-free patients with late-life depression

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 550-555

  Diniz, Breno Satler ^a   Teixeira, Antonio Lucio ^b   Talib, Leda Leme ^a   Mendonça, Vanessa Amaral ^b   Gattaz, Wagner Farid ^a   Forlenza, Orestes Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Cognition; Geriatric depression; Late onset depression; Physiopathology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY ONSET DEPRESSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; TREATMENT DURATION; AGE; BLOOD; BODY IMAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 77953633759     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15622970903544620     Document Type: Article

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