Impact of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism on regional brain gray matter volumes: Relevance to the stress response

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 173-179

  Kim, Sung Nyun ^a,c   Kang, Do Hyung ^a,d   Yun, Je Yeon ^a,d   Lee, Tae Young ^d   Jung, Wi Hoon ^c   Jang, Joon Hwan ^a,d   Kwon, Jun Soo ^a,b,c,d  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Genetic polymorphism; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stress; Val66Met

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRESS;

EID: 84879375641     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: 19763026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2013.10.2.173     Document Type: Article

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