Intensive Rehabilitation Increases BDNF Serum Levels in Parkinsonian Patients

Giuseppe Frazzitta, Roberto Maestri, Maria Felice Ghilardi, Giulio Riboldazzi, Michele Perini, Gabriella Bertotti, Natalia Boveri, Sara Buttini, Franco L. Lombino, Davide Uccellini,

Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2013 · 147 citations · 38 references

Abstract

Intensive rehabilitation treatment increases the BDNF levels and improves PD signs in patients in the early stages of the disease. These results are in line with studies on animal models of PD and healthy subjects.

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