PMID- 25524411 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150810 LR - 20150110 IS - 1872-7972 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3940 (Linking) VI - 587 DP - 2015 Feb 5 TI - Migraine is associated with altered levels of neurotrophins. PG - 6-10 LID - S0304-3940(14)00958-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.12.022 [doi] AB - Neurotrophic factors have been implicated in hyperalgesia and peripheral levels of these molecules were altered in behavioral and neurological disorders. The objectives of this study were to assess neurotrophic factors levels in migraine patients in comparison with controls, and to investigate whether there was any association between them and clinical parameters. This was a cross-sectional study. We measured serum levels of neurotrophin family members - nerve growth factor (NGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin 3 and 4/5 (NT3 and NT4/5) - and glial cell line-derived factor (GDNF) in patients suffering from migraine and matched controls. One hundred forty-one people were enrolled in this study, seventy-one were migraine patients and seventy were controls. Migraine patients showed more depressive and anxiety symptoms than control individuals as assessed, respectively, by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory. Chronic and episodic migraine patients showed higher NT4/5 levels than control individuals (P=0.001). Patients with chronic migraine had lower levels of BDNF that were not influenced by the presence of depressive symptoms (P=0.02). This is the first report to evaluate NT3 and NT-4/5 levels in migraine patients. Our findings suggest a possible role of neurotrophic factors in migraine pathophysiology. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Martins, Lais B AU - Martins LB AD - Nursing School, Department of Nutrition, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: laisbmnutri@gmail.com. FAU - Duarte, Halina AU - Duarte H AD - Neuroscience Program, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: halinaduarte@yahoo.com. FAU - Ferreira, Adaliene V M AU - Ferreira AV AD - Nursing School, Department of Nutrition, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: adaliene@gmail.com. FAU - Rocha, Natalia P AU - Rocha NP AD - Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Medical Investigation, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: npessoarocha@gmail.com. FAU - Teixeira, Antonio Lucio AU - Teixeira AL AD - Neuroscience Program, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Medical Investigation, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: altexr@gmail.com. FAU - Domingues, Renan B AU - Domingues RB AD - Neuroscience Program, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: contato@renandomingues.med.br. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20141215 PL - Ireland TA - Neurosci Lett JT - Neuroscience letters JID - 7600130 RN - 0 (Nerve Growth Factors) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Chronic Disease MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Migraine Disorders/*blood MH - Nerve Growth Factors/*blood OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF OT - Migraine OT - NT-4/5 OT - Neurotrophic factors EDAT- 2014/12/20 06:00 MHDA- 2015/08/11 06:00 CRDT- 2014/12/20 06:00 PHST- 2014/09/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/11/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/12/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/12/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/12/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/08/11 06:00 [medline] AID - S0304-3940(14)00958-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.12.022 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Lett. 2015 Feb 5;587:6-10. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.12.022. Epub 2014 Dec 15.