BDNF and stability of depressive symptoms in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients: A prospective study

Highlights • Lower serum BDNF levels are associated with the persistence of depressive symptoms in CHD patients. • Incident depressive symptoms are not related to lower initial serum BDNF. • Patients with transient depressive symptoms do not differ in BDNF from non-depressed patients. • Low serum BD...

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Published in:Psychoneuroendocrinology 2016
Main Authors: Kuhlmann, Stella L, Tschorn, Mira, Arolt, Volker, Beer, Katja, Brandt, Julia, Grosse, Laura, Haverkamp, Wilhelm, Müller-Nordhorn, Jacqueline, Rieckmann, Nina, Waltenberger, Johannes, Warnke, Katharina, Hellweg, Rainer, Ströhle, Andreas
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Language:English
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Psychiatry
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Summary:Highlights • Lower serum BDNF levels are associated with the persistence of depressive symptoms in CHD patients. • Incident depressive symptoms are not related to lower initial serum BDNF. • Patients with transient depressive symptoms do not differ in BDNF from non-depressed patients. • Low serum BDNF may be a marker to identify patients at risk for persistent depressive symptoms.
ISSN:0306-4530
DOI:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.12.015