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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor: a modifiable common mediator in both the pathophysiology of psychiatric illness and in successful pharmacological treatments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Felice N. Jacka ,
Clarissa S. Gama  and
Michael Berk
Felice N. Jacka
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Clarissa S. Gama
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, VIC, Australia Laboratório de Psiquiatria Molecular, Centro de Pesquisas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina: Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil Schizophrenia Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Michael Berk
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, VIC, Australia Orygen Research Center, Parkville, VIC, Australia Mental Health Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , August 2008 , pp. 223 - 225
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Copyright © 2008 Blackwell Munksgaard

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