2016
The symptom trajectories to clinical remission in Chinese patients with unipolar major depressive disorder
Cao Y, Shen J, Li W, Zhang Y, Guo X, Li C, Zhang Y, Luo X. The symptom trajectories to clinical remission in Chinese patients with unipolar major depressive disorder. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry 2016, 8: 309-311. PMID: 27015764, PMCID: PMC5035708, DOI: 10.1111/appy.12240.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical remissionChinese patientsSymptom trajectoriesUnipolar major depressive disorderMajor depressive disorder symptomsWeeks of assessmentMajor depressive disorderTreatment of fluoxetineDepressive disorder symptomsDepressive disorderTreatment responseProminent symptomWeek 1Psychomotor retardationRemissionSymptom severityPatientsDisorder symptomsFluoxetineSymptomsSeverityWeeksTreatmentOutpatientsShow heterogeneity
2015
BDNF polymorphisms are associated with schizophrenia onset and positive symptoms
Zhang XY, Chen DC, Tan YL, Tan SP, Luo X, Zuo L, Soares JC. BDNF polymorphisms are associated with schizophrenia onset and positive symptoms. Schizophrenia Research 2015, 170: 41-47. PMID: 26603468, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.11.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain-derived neurotrophic factorPositive symptomsBDNF gene variantsCase-control studyBDNF gene polymorphismClinical symptom severityPathophysiology of schizophreniaNegative Syndrome ScaleHan Chinese populationBDNF polymorphismNeurotrophic factorBDNF geneSchizophrenia onsetGene polymorphismsSyndrome ScalePotential associationChinese populationSymptom severityHan Chinese individualsSymptomsPatientsSchizophreniaGene variantsPsychopathological symptomsChinese individuals