Efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy: is it in the BDNF gene?

BDNF polymorphism rs11030101 is associated with the efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy in treatment-resistant depression

(2013) Merja L. Viikki et al.   PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS

Altered Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Expression in the Ventral Tegmental Area, but not in the Hippocampus, Is Essential for Antidepressant-Like Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy

(2012) Dekel Taliaz et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Electroconvulsive seizure, but not imipramine, rapidly up-regulates pro-BDNF and t-PA, leading to mature BDNF production, in the rat hippocampus

(2012) Masahiro Segawa et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

A Study of Brain and Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Protein in Wistar and Wistar-Kyoto Rat Strains after Electroconvulsive Stimulus

(2012) C. Kyeremanteng et al.   PHARMACOPSYCHIATRY

Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy and Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels in Patients with Depression

(2012) Laura Gedge et al.   Frontiers in Psychiatry

The lighter side of BDNF

(2011) Emily E. Noble et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

The role of BDNF and its receptors in depression and antidepressant drug action: Reactivation of developmental plasticity

(2010) Eero Castrén et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

Novel Sequence Variations in the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Gene and Association With Major Depression and Antidepressant Treatment Response

(2009) Julio Licinio et al.   ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY

New Insights in the Biology of BDNF Synthesis and Release: Implications in CNS Function

(2009) M. E. Greenberg et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Correlations and Discrepancies between Serum and Brain Tissue Levels of Neurotrophins after Electroconvulsive Treatment in Rats

(2009) A. Sartorius et al.   PHARMACOPSYCHIATRY

Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Depression, and Antidepressant Medications: Meta-Analyses and Implications

(2008) Srijan Sen et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

BDNF splice variants from the second promoter cluster support cell survival of differentiated neuroblastoma upon cytotoxic stress

(2008) G. Baj et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Meta-analysis of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism in major depressive disorder: effects of gender and ethnicity

(2008) M Verhagen et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY