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Prognostic effect of serum BDNF levels in late-life depression: Moderated by childhood trauma and SSRI usage?

Psychoneuroendocrinology

May 2019

University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Psychiatry, University of Groningen PO Box 72, 9700 AB, Groningen, the Netherlands.

Background: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels decline during depression and normalise after remission, although studies in older patient samples are inconsistent. Whether BDNF serum levels predict depression remission is unclear. We hypothesize that the predictive value of serum BDNF levels in late-life depression is moderated by selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) usage and early traumatization.

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