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

DOI

275

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0

References

2009

Year

Alexander Sartorius, Rainer Hellweg, Julia Ulrike Litzke, Miriam A. Vogt, Christof Dormann, Barbara Vollmayr, Heidi Danker‐Hopfe, Peter Gass
Pharmacopsychiatry

Abstract

The time course of central and peripheral BDNF changes may significantly differ. However, we demonstrate substantial evidence that it can be justified to measure serum BDNF levels with a time delay to monitor brain tissue neurotrophin alterations.