• DOI:10.1016/j.nbd.2016.07.010
Corpus ID: 644350

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in mood disorders and antidepressant treatments

@article{astrn2017BrainderivedNF,
  title={Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in mood disorders and antidepressant treatments},
  author={E. Ċastr{\'e}n and M. Kojima},
  journal={Neurobiology of Disease},
  year={2017},
  volume={97},
  pages={119-126}
}

E. Ċastrén, M. Kojima

Published 2017

Psychology, Medicine

Neurobiology of Disease

Levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are reduced in the brain and serum of depressed patients and at least the reduction in serum levels is reversible upon successful treatment. These data, together with a wealth of reports using different animal models with depression-like behavior or manipulation of expression of BDNF or its receptor TrkB have implicated BDNF in the pathophysiology of depression as well as in the mechanism of action of antidepressant treatments. Recent findings… CONTINUE READING

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