Low serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor is associated with suicidal ideation in major depressive disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 273, Issue , 2019, Pages 108-113

  Khan, Maryam S ^a   Wu, Gwyneth W Y ^a   Reus, Victor I ^a   Hough, Christina M ^a,b   Lindqvist, Daniel ^a,c   Westrin, Åsa ^c   Nier, Brenton M ^a   Wolkowitz, Owen M ^a   Mellon, Synthia H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BDNF; Depression; Suicide

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BDNF PROTEIN, HUMAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLATELET COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX; SMOKING; STRESS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85059863631     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.01.013     Document Type: Article

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