Serum BDNF Concentrations Show Strong Seasonal Variation and Correlations with the Amount of Ambient Sunlight

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Molendijk, Marc L ^a,b   Haffmans, Judith P M ^a,c   Bus, Boudewijn A A ^d   Spinhoven, Philip ^a,b   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^b,e,f   Prickaerts, Jos ^g   Voshaar, Richard C Oude ^f   Elzinga, Bernet M ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c PARNASSIA BAVO GROEP   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT; WINTER;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84868308595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048046     Document Type: Article

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