c-fos modulates brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA expression in mouse hippocampal CA3 and dentate gyrus neurons

2006 ◽  
Vol 400 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 177-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei Dong ◽  
Yongfei Wu ◽  
Yunxia Fan ◽  
Ming Xu ◽  
Jianhua Zhang
2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 3554-3566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raminder Gill ◽  
Philip K.-Y. Chang ◽  
George A. Prenosil ◽  
Emily C. Deane ◽  
Rebecca A. McKinney

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulla Knorr ◽  
Pernille Koefoed ◽  
Mia H. Greisen Soendergaard ◽  
Maj Vinberg ◽  
Ulrik Gether ◽  
...  

ObjectiveBrain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) seems to play an important role in the course of depression including the response to antidepressants in patients with depression. We aimed to study the effect of an antidepressant intervention on peripheral BDNF in healthy individuals with a family history of depression.MethodsWe measured changes in BDNF messenger RNA (mRNA) expression and whole-blood BDNF levels in 80 healthy first-degree relatives of patients with depression randomly allocated to receive daily tablets of escitalopram 10 mg versus placebo for 4 weeks.ResultsWe found no statistically significant difference between the escitalopram and the placebo group in the change in BDNF mRNA expression and whole-blood BDNF levels. Post hoc analyses showed a statistically significant negative correlation between plasma escitalopram concentration and change in whole-blood BDNF levels in the escitalopram-treated group.ConclusionThe results of this randomised trial suggest that escitalopram 10 mg has no effect on peripheral BDNF levels in healthy individuals.


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