Effects of escitalopram on serum BDNF levels in elderly patients with depression: A preliminary report

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 461-464

  Martocchia, Antonio ^a   Curto, Martina ^a   Scaccianoce, Sergio ^b   Comite, Fabrizia ^a   Xenos, Dionysios ^b   Nasca, Carla ^b   Falaschi, Giulia Maria ^a   Ferracuti, Stefano ^a   Girardi, Paolo ^a   Nicoletti, Ferdinando ^b,c   Falaschi, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; BDNF; Depression; Escitalopram

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESCITALOPRAM; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, HUMAN; CITALOPRAM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; DSM-IV; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CITALOPRAM; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84921348554     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-014-0194-2     Document Type: Article

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