PMID- 29525506 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181001 LR - 20181001 IS - 1876-2026 (Electronic) IS - 1876-2018 (Linking) VI - 33 DP - 2018 Mar TI - Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and suicidal behavior: A review of studies from Asian countries. PG - 128-132 LID - S1876-2018(17)30277-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ajp.2018.03.004 [doi] AB - The biological basis of suicide and suicidal behavior is actively researched. Recently, the role of Brain Derived Neurotropic Factor (BDNF) in suicidal behavior has gained attention and significant results are observed. In this review, we aimed to focus on the studies from Asian countries that have explored the role of BDNF and suicidal behavior. The review highlights the findings from these studies and discusses the possible avenues that should be explored in future studies from Asian countries to understand more on suicidal behavior and possible prevention. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Sonal, Akanksha AU - Sonal A AD - Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. FAU - Raghavan, Vijaya AU - Raghavan V AD - Schizophrenia Research Foundation, R/7A, North Main Road, Anna Nagar West Extension, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600101, India. Electronic address: vijayaraghavan@scarfindia.org. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20180302 PL - Netherlands TA - Asian J Psychiatr JT - Asian journal of psychiatry JID - 101517820 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 7171WSG8A2 (BDNF protein, human) SB - IM MH - Asia MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*blood/genetics MH - Humans MH - Suicide/*statistics & numerical data OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF OT - Genetics OT - Neuropsychiatric disorders OT - Serum OT - Suicide OT - Suicide attempt EDAT- 2018/03/12 06:00 MHDA- 2018/10/03 06:00 CRDT- 2018/03/12 06:00 PHST- 2017/04/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/12/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/03/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/03/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/10/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/03/12 06:00 [entrez] AID - S1876-2018(17)30277-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ajp.2018.03.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Asian J Psychiatr. 2018 Mar;33:128-132. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2018.03.004. Epub 2018 Mar 2.