@article{8ce3307dac554d6987f673ee6b8726f5,
title = "Increased plasma Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) levels in females with schizophrenia",
abstract = "Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) acts as a critical regulator of synaptogenesis and synaptic plasticity. Sex differences have been demonstrated in many aspects of schizophrenia. This study tested for sex-specific differences in peripheral BDNF levels in people with schizophrenia and healthy controls. We measured circulating plasma BDNF levels in 95 people with schizophrenia and 80 healthy controls. Plasma BDNF levels were significantly elevated in females with schizophrenia compared to males with schizophrenia and to female healthy controls. These results suggest that sex differences in peripheral BDNF levels may contribute to other sex related differences in schizophrenia.",
keywords = "BDNF, Schizophrenia, Sex differences",
author = "Weickert, {Cynthia Shannon} and Lee, {Cynthia H.} and Lenroot, {Rhoshel K.} and Jason Bruggemann and Cherrie Galletly and Dennis Liu and Ryan Balzan and Anilkumar Pillai and Peter Buckley and Weickert, {Thomas W.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia Project Grant (# 568807), New South Wales Health, Schizophrenia Research Institute (utilising infrastructure funding from the NSW Ministry of Health and the Macquarie Group Foundation), the University of New South Wales, and Neuroscience Research Australia. This work was also supported by the Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank (ASRB), which was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, the Pratt Foundation, Ramsay Health Care, the Viertel Charitable Foundation and the Schizophrenia Research Institute. CSW is funded by the New South Wales Ministry of Health Office of Health and Medical Research and she is a recipient of an NHMRC (Australia) Principal Research Fellowship (PRF) (#1117079). CHL is supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award and Neuroscience Research Australia Scholarship. Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia Project Grant (# 568807 ), New South Wales Health , Schizophrenia Research Institute (utilising infrastructure funding from the NSW Ministry of Health and the Macquarie Group Foundation), the University of New South Wales , and Neuroscience Research Australia . This work was also supported by the Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank (ASRB), which was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, the Pratt Foundation , Ramsay Health Care , the Viertel Charitable Foundation and the Schizophrenia Research Institute . CSW is funded by the New South Wales Ministry of Health Office of Health and Medical Research and she is a recipient of an NHMRC (Australia) Principal Research Fellowship (PRF) (#1117079). CHL is supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award and Neuroscience Research Australia Scholarship. Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)of Australia Project Grant (# 568807), New South Wales Health, Schizophrenia Research Institute (utilising infrastructure funding from the NSW Ministry of Health and the Macquarie Group Foundation), the University of New South Wales, and Neuroscience Research Australia. This work was also supported by the Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank (ASRB), which was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, the Pratt Foundation, Ramsay Health Care, the Viertel Charitable Foundation and the Schizophrenia Research Institute. CSW is funded by the New South Wales Ministry of Health Office of Health and Medical Research and she is a recipient of an NHMRC (Australia)Principal Research Fellowship (PRF)(#1117079). CHL is supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award and Neuroscience Research Australia Scholarship. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Copyright: Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2019",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1016/j.schres.2019.04.015",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "209",
pages = "212--217",
journal = "Schizophrenia Research",
issn = "0920-9964",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}
