Decreased peripheral brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels are a biomarker of disease activity in major psychiatric disorders: a comparative meta-analysis

Affiliations

• ¹ 1] Laboratory of Calcium Binding Proteins in the Central Nervous System, Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil [2] Post-graduate Program in Biological Sciences: Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
• ² 1] Deakin University, School of Medicine, Barwon Health, Geelong, VIC, Australia [2] Department of Psychiatry and Orygen Research Centre, Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
• ³ Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.
• ⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.