Serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in patients with internet use disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 525-528

  Geisel, Olga ^a   Banas, Roman ^a   Schneider, Michael ^a   Hellweg, Rainer ^a   Müller, Christian A ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural addiction; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Internet addiction; Internet use disorder

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOKING HABIT; URBAN AREA;

BEHAVIOURAL ADDICTION; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; INTERNET ADDICTION; INTERNET USE DISORDER;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885475579     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.12.020     Document Type: Article

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