PMID- 28645077 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180423 LR - 20181202 IS - 1872-7123 (Electronic) IS - 0165-1781 (Linking) VI - 256 DP - 2017 Oct TI - Increased blood BDNF in healthy individuals with a family history of depression. PG - 176-179 LID - S0165-1781(17)30509-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.06.057 [doi] AB - The brain-derive neurotrophic factor (BDNF) may play an important role in the course of depression. We aimed to study the associations between peripheral whole blood BDNF levels in healthy individuals with and without a family history of depression. BDNF levels were significantly increased in healthy individuals with (n = 76), compared with healthy individuals without (n = 39) a family history of depression and persisted after adjustment for age and gender differences. Higher BDNF levels were associated with increasing age and seasonality. A family history of depression may contribute to an elevation of peripheral BDNF levels in healthy individuals. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Knorr, Ulla AU - Knorr U AD - Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: ulla.knorr@regionh.dk. FAU - Sondergaard, Mia H Greisen AU - Sondergaard MHG AD - Laboratory of Neuropsychiatry, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Koefoed, Pernille AU - Koefoed P AD - Laboratory of Neuropsychiatry, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Jorgensen, Anders AU - Jorgensen A AD - Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark; Laboratory of Neuropsychiatry, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Faurholt-Jepsen, Maria AU - Faurholt-Jepsen M AD - Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Vinberg, Maj AU - Vinberg M AD - Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Kessing, Lars Vedel AU - Kessing LV AD - Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170617 PL - Ireland TA - Psychiatry Res JT - Psychiatry research JID - 7911385 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*blood MH - Depression/*blood/genetics MH - Depressive Disorder/*blood/genetics MH - Family MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Sex Factors MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2017/06/24 06:00 MHDA- 2018/04/24 06:00 CRDT- 2017/06/24 06:00 PHST- 2017/03/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/06/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/06/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/06/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/04/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/06/24 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0165-1781(17)30509-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.06.057 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Psychiatry Res. 2017 Oct;256:176-179. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.06.057. Epub 2017 Jun 17.