Meta-analyses of comparative efficacy of antidepressant medications on peripheral BDNF concentration in patients with depression

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Improved Alertness Is Associated with Early Increase in Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Antidepressant Treatment Outcome in Major Depression

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Mature brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is the major player of total BDNF in serum regarding prediction of antidepressant treatment outcome

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Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Antidepressive Effect of Electroconvulsive Therapy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of the Preclinical and Clinical Literature

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BDNF plasma levels after antidepressant treatment with sertraline and transcranial direct current stimulation: Results from a factorial, randomized, sham-controlled trial

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Chronic depression is associated with a pronounced decrease in serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor over time

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Serum Levels of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor at 4 Weeks and Response to Treatment with SSRIs

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Serum proBDNF/BDNF and response to fluvoxamine in drug-naïve first-episode major depressive disorder patients

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Serum BDNF concentrations as peripheral manifestations of depression: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analyses on 179 associations (N=9484)

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Decreased Serum Levels of Mature Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF), but Not Its Precursor proBDNF, in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder

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Serum BDNF Concentrations Show Strong Seasonal Variation and Correlations with the Amount of Ambient Sunlight

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Early reactions of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in plasma (pBDNF) and outcome to acute antidepressant treatment in patients with Major Depression

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Serum BDNF levels before treatment predict SSRI response in depression

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The Roles of BDNF in the Pathophysiology of Major Depression and in Antidepressant Treatment

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Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor and glucocorticoid receptor levels in lymphocytes as markers of antidepressant response in major depressive patients: A pilot study

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

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Serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in major depressive disorder: state–trait issues, clinical features and pharmacological treatment

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(2010) Kenji Hashimoto   PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES

Determinants of serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor

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

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Differential regulation of central BDNF protein levels by antidepressant and non-antidepressant drug treatments

(2008) Darrick T. Balu et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical studies on major depression and BDNF levels: implications for the role of neuroplasticity in depression

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Changes in BDNF serum levels in patients with major depression disorder (MDD) after 6 months treatment with sertraline, escitalopram, or venlafaxine

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Major Depressive Disorder

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Serum Concentrations of Nerve Growth Factor and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Depressed Patients before and after Antidepressant Treatment

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Effects of fluoxetine and venlafaxine on serum brain derived neurotrophic factor levels in depressed patients

(2008) Ayse Devrim Başterzi et al.   PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Plasma and serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in depressed patients during 1 year of antidepressant treatments

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Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in patients with major depression: Effects of antidepressants

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