Association study of a brain‐derived neurotrophic‐factor genetic polymorphism and major depressive disorders, symptomatology, and antidepressant response

Development of a Rating Scale for Primary Depressive Illness

1967 • 8,216 citations

A rapid non-enzymatic method for the preparation of HMW DNA from blood for RFLP studies

1991 • 2,314 citations

Regulation of BDNF and trkB mRNA in rat brain by chronic electroconvulsive seizure and antidepressant drug treatments

1995 • 2,090 citations

Stress and glucocorticoids affect the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3 mRNAs in the hippocampus

1995 • 1,429 citations

Decreased serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in major depressed patients

2002 • 1,199 citations

Increased hippocampal bdnf immunoreactivity in subjects treated with antidepressant medication

2001 • 1,137 citations

Hippocampal damage associated with prolonged glucocorticoid exposure in primates

1990 • 1,092 citations

Regional distribution of brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA in the adult mouse brain.

1990 • 993 citations

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the control human brain, and in Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease

2001 • 851 citations

Antidepressant-Like Effect of Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)

1997 • 829 citations

Polymorphism within the promoter of the serotonin transporter gene and antidepressant efficacy of fluvoxamine

1998 • 605 citations

The Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Gene Confers Susceptibility to Bipolar Disorder: Evidence from a Family-Based Association Study

2002 • 604 citations

Human and rat brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3: Gene structures, distributions, and chromosomal localizations

1991 • 500 citations

Learning Deficit in BDNF Mutant Mice

1997 • 470 citations

Association study of the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism and symptomatology and antidepressant response in major depressive disorders

2002 • 251 citations

Association studies of multiple candidate genes for Parkinson's disease using single nucleotide polymorphisms

2001 • 198 citations

Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) gene variants association with age at onset and therapeutic response in schizophrenia

2000 • 175 citations

Serotonin transporter function is modulated by brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) but not nerve growth factor (NGF)

2000 • 173 citations

Studies on the physiological role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3 in knockout mice.

1995 • 145 citations

BDNF Is Needed for Postnatal Maturation of Basal Forebrain and Neostriatum Cholinergic Neurons In Vivo

2000 • 105 citations

Mapping the differences in the brain concentration of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and nerve growth factor (NGF) in an animal model of depression

2000 • 99 citations

The Implications of Genetic Studies of Major Mood Disorders for Clinical Practice

2000 • 99 citations

Serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) is not associated with depressive symptomatology in mood disorders

1999 • 99 citations