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The effect of childhood trauma on serum BDNF in bipolar depression is modulated by the serotonin promoter genotype.
Neuroscience letters - 24 Aug 2017
Benedetti Francesco, Ambrée Oliver, Locatelli Clara, Lorenzi Cristina, Poletti Sara, Colombo Cristina, Arolt Volker
Abstract excerpt
In healthy humans, both childhood trauma and the short form of the serotonin promoter transporter genotype (5-HTTLPR) are associated with lower levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). In subjects with bipolar disorder (BD), lower levels of BDNF and a higher degree of childhood trauma were observed compared with healthy controls. However, is still unknown if the functional 5-HTTLPR polymorphisms exerts...
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