Cognitive and serum BDNF correlates of BDNF Val66Met gene polymorphism in patients with schizophrenia and normal controls
Zhang XY, Chen DC, Xiu MH, Haile CN, Luo X, Xu K, Zhang HP, Zuo L, Zhang Z, Zhang X, Kosten TA, Kosten TR. Cognitive and serum BDNF correlates of BDNF Val66Met gene polymorphism in patients with schizophrenia and normal controls. Human Genetics 2012, 131: 1187-1195. PMID: 22362486, PMCID: PMC3671849, DOI: 10.1007/s00439-012-1150-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBDNF Val66Met polymorphismBDNF levelsRBANS total scoreHealthy controlsSchizophrenic patientsVal66Met polymorphismHippocampal-dependent cognitive functionsCognitive deficitsBrain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) geneTotal scoreBDNF serum levelsBDNF Val66Met gene polymorphismPeripheral BDNF levelsSerum BDNF levelsMet variantNeurotrophic factor geneNegative Syndrome ScaleSerum BDNFSerum levelsPatient groupNormal controlsSchizophrenic inpatientsGene polymorphismsSyndrome ScaleCognitive impairment