Postpartum depressive symptoms and the BDNF Val66Met functional polymorphism: Effect of season of delivery

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 453-463

  Comasco, Erika ^a,b   Sylvén, Sara M ^b   Papadopoulos, Fotios C ^c   Oreland, Lars ^a   Sundström Poromaa, Inger ^b   Skalkidou, Alkistis ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

5HTT. Postpartum; BDNF. PER2; Depression; Season

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; VALINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR GENE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; MUTATOR GENE; PERIOD 2 GENE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWEDEN;

ADULT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855642363     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-011-0239-x     Document Type: Article

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