Alterations of serum levels of BDNF-related miRNAs in patients with depression.

Depression is a serious and potentially life-threatening mental disorder with unknown etiology. Emerging evidence shows that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and microRNAs (miRNAs) play critical roles in the etiology of depression. Here this study was aimed to identify and characterize the r...

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Main Authors: You-Jie Li, Mei Xu, Zong-Hua Gao, Ya-Qi Wang, Zhen Yue, Yan-Xia Zhang, Xin-Xin Li, Can Zhang, Shu-Yang Xie, Ping-Yu Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3660391?pdf=render