BDNF-Val66Met-polymorphism impact on cortical plasticity in schizophrenia patients: A proof-of-concept study

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Strube, Wolfgang ^a   Nitsche, Michael A ^b   Wobrock, Thomas ^b,c   Bunse, Tilmann ^a   Rein, Bettina ^b   Herrmann, Maximiliane ^b   Schmitt, Andrea ^a,d   Nieratschker, Vanessa ^e,f   Witt, Stephanie H ^g   Rietschel, Marcella ^g   Falkai, Peter ^a   Hasan, Alkomiet ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Darmstadt Dieburg Clinics   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^g CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Motor cortical plasticity; Schizophrenia; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; VALINE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; GENETICS; MOTOR CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADULT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84929961220     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyu040     Document Type: Article

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