Effects of bdnf polymorphisms on antidepressant action

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 236-242

  Tsai, Shih Jen ^a,b   Hong, Chen Jee ^a,b   Liou, Ying Jay ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Major depression; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CITALOPRAM; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; METHIONINE; MILNACIPRAN; MIRTAZAPINE; VALINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHARMACOGENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIDE EFFECT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79551638617     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2010.7.4.236     Document Type: Article

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