The brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism predicts response to exposure therapy in posttraumatic stress disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1059-1063

  Felmingham, Kim L ^a,b   Dobson Stone, Carol ^b   Schofield, Peter R ^b   Quirk, Gregory J ^c   Bryant, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

BDNF; CBT; fear extinction; fMRI; genetics; posttraumatic stress disorder; treatment predictor

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GENOMIC DNA; METHIONINE; SEROTONIN; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALINE;

EID: 84877586206     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.10.033     Document Type: Article

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