Preliminary Associations between Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Memory Impairment, Functional Cognition, and Depressive Symptoms Following Severe TBI

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 419-430

  Failla, Michelle D ^a   Juengst, Shannon B ^a   Arenth, Patricia M ^a   Wagner, Amy K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; biomarker; cognitive impairment; depression; rehabilomics; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE COMPOSITE SCORE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE COGNITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; INJURY SCALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965079511     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968315600525     Document Type: Article

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