Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels associate with cognitive improvement in patients with schizophrenia treated with electroacupuncture

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 244, Issue , 2016, Pages 370-375

  Sun, Zuo Li ^a   Liu, Jie ^a   Guo, Wei ^a   Jiang, Tao ^a   Ma, Chao ^a   Li, Wen Biao ^a   Tang, Yi Lang ^a,b   Ling, Si Hai ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Cognitive deficit; Electroacupuncture; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; BLOOD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84981492960     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.07.040     Document Type: Article

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