Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels in Patients With First-Episode and Drug-Naïve Schizophrenia

Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels in Patients With First-Episode and Drug-Naïve Schizophrenia

Previous studies have revealed that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels are inversely associated with the severity of depressive symptoms. In addition, serum BDNF levels tend to increase with improvement in depressive symptoms. There is also evidence that BDNF has a possible role in the...

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Main Authors: Yuxuan Wu, Xiangdong Du, Ruchang Yang, Yan Yue, Ruijie Peng, Siqi Wu, Haitao Wang, Yue Zhou, Xiaojia Fang, Nian Yuan, Ronghua Li, Jun Zhang, Siyun Zou, Xueli Zhao, Xiaoli Lyu, Zhe Li, Xiaobin Zhang, Xiangyang Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
schizophrenia
depressive symptoms
brain-derived neurotrophic factor
first episode psychosis
serum
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.911384/full

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