Circulating brain-derived neurotrophic factor and indices of metabolic and cardiovascular health: Data from the baltimore longitudinal study of aging

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Golden, Erin ^a   Emiliano, Ana ^a   Maudsley, Stuart ^a   Windham, B Gwen ^a   Carlson, Olga D ^a   Egan, Josephine M ^a   Driscoll, Ira ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a   Martin, Bronwen ^a   Mattson, Mark P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLESTEROL; FOLIC ACID; LIOTHYRONINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77956326234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010099     Document Type: Article

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