Plasma BDNF levels vary in relation to body weight in females.

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Published in PLoS One on July 02, 2012

Authors

Anilkumar Pillai1, Davide Bruno, Antero S Sarreal, Raymundo T Hernando, Leslie A Saint-Louis, Jay Nierenberg, Stephen D Ginsberg, Nunzio Pomara, Pankaj D Mehta, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Peter F Buckley

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, USA. apillai@georgiahealth.edu

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