Physical exercise counteracts genetic susceptibility to depression

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 168-175

  Haslacher, Helmuth ^a   Michlmayr, Matthias ^a   Batmyagmar, Delgerdalai ^b   Perkmann, Thomas ^a   Ponocny Seliger, Elisabeth ^e   Scheichenberger, Vanessa ^f   Pilger, Alexander ^a   Dal Bianco, Peter ^c   Lehrner, Johann ^c   Pezawas, Lukas ^d   Wagner, Oswald ^a   Winker, Robert ^g  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Departments of Public Health   (Austria)

^c Departments of Neurology   (Austria)

^d Departments of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Austria)

^e Empirical Research and Statistics   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g Health and Prevention Center   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Depression

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, HUMAN;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENDURANCE SPORT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ATHLETES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84929665024     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000381350     Document Type: Article

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