Increase in serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor in Met allele carriers of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism is specific to males

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 183-187

  Bus, Boudewijn A A ^a   Arias Vasquez, Alejandro ^a,b,c   Franke, Barbara ^a,b,c   Prickaerts, Jos ^d   De Graaf, Jacqueline ^b   Voshaar, Richard C Oude ^a,e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Serum; Sex interaction; Val66Met

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ALLELES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SERUM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VALINE;

EID: 84860122419     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336997     Document Type: Article

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