LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy on neurotrophic factors in patients with major depressive disorder

da Silva, Sally K; Wiener, Carolina; Ghisleni, Gabriele; Oses, Jean P; Jansen, Karen; Molina, Mariane L; Silva, Ricardo; Souza, Luciano D.

Braz. J. Psychiatry (São Paulo, 1999, Impr.); 40 (4), 2018

Objective: To correlate neurotrophic factors - brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), and beta-nerve growth factor (beta-NGF) - and severity of depressive symptoms in patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD) undergoing cognitive-behavi...

Factor Neurotrófico Derivado del Encéfalo/sangre, Terapia Cognitivo-Conductual/métodos, Trastorno Depresivo Mayor/sangre, Trastorno Depresivo Mayor/diagnóstico, Trastorno Depresivo Mayor/psicología, Factor Neurotrófico Derivado de la Línea Celular Glial/sangre, Factor de Crecimiento Nervioso/sangre, Factores de Crecimiento Nervioso/sangre, Ensayos Clínicos Controlados no Aleatorios como Asunto, Escalas de Valoración Psiquiátrica, Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad, Factores Socioeconómicos

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Circulating levels of neurotrophic factors are unchanged in patients with Parkinson's disease

Rocha, Natalia Pessoa; Ferreira, João Paulo Sampaio; Scalzo, Paula Luciana; Barbosa, Izabela Guimarães; Souza, Mariana Soares de; Christo, Paulo Pereira; Reis, Helton José; Teixeira, Antonio Lucio.

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (5), 2018

ABSTRACT There is great evidence linking neurotrophic factor (NF) dysfunction with Parkinson's disease (PD) pathophysiology. This study was conducted to evaluate plasma levels of NFs and their possible associations with clinical symptoms in PD. For this purpose, 40 PD patients and 25 controls were subjec...

Biomarcadores/sangre, Estudios de Casos y Controles, Estudios de Cohortes, Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática, Factores de Crecimiento Nervioso/sangre, Enfermedad de Parkinson/sangre

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Serum levels of neurotrophic factors in active toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis

Cordeiro, Cynthia Azeredo; Vieira, Erica Leandro Marciano; Rocha, Natália Pessoa; Castro, Vinicius Monteiro; Oréfice, Juliana Lambert; Barichello, Tatiana; Costa, Rogerio Alves; Oréfice, Fernando; Young, Lucy; Teixeira, Antonio Lucio.

Braz. j. infect. dis; 21 (2), 2017

Abstract Toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis (TR) is the most common identifiable cause of posterior uveitis in Brazil. Response to treatment and clinical presentation may vary significantly. We assessed serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF...

Biomarcadores/sangre, Factor Neurotrófico Derivado del Encéfalo/sangre, Estudios de Casos y Controles, Coriorretinitis/sangre, Coriorretinitis/parasitología, Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática, Factor Neurotrófico Derivado de la Línea Celular Glial/sangre, Factor de Crecimiento Nervioso/sangre, Factores de Crecimiento Nervioso/sangre, Neurotrofina 3/sangre, Toxoplasmosis Ocular/sangre

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