Gender and brain regions specific differences in brain derived neurotrophic factor protein levels of depressed individuals who died through suicide

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 600, Issue , 2015, Pages 12-16

  Hayley, Shawn ^a   Du, Lisheng ^b   Litteljohn, Darcy ^a   Palkovits, Miklós ^c   Faludi, Gábor ^c   Merali, Zul ^b   Poulter, Michael O ^d   Anisman, Hymie ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

BDNF; Depression; Gender; Neuroplasticity; Postmortem; Suicide

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; WESTERN BLOTTING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; METABOLISM;

ADULT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84930676579     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.05.052     Document Type: Article

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