Psychiatry Research
Volume 170, Issue 2 , Pages 273-275 , 30 December 2009

Electroconvulsive therapy increases glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) serum levels in patients with drug-resistant depression

  • Xiaobin Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, No. 87 DingJiaQiao Road, Nanjing, 210009, PR China
    • Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated WuTaiShan Hospital of Yangzhou University, No.2 WuTaiShan Road, Yangzhou, 225003, PR China
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  • Zhijun Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, No. 87 DingJiaQiao Road, Nanjing, 210009, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Weiwei Sha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated WuTaiShan Hospital of Yangzhou University, No.2 WuTaiShan Road, Yangzhou, 225003, PR China
    • ,
  • Chunming Xie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, No. 87 DingJiaQiao Road, Nanjing, 210009, PR China
    • ,
  • Guangjun Xi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Affiliated ZhongDa Hospital of Southeast University, No. 87 DingJiaQiao Road, Nanjing, 210009, PR China
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  • Honghui Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated WuTaiShan Hospital of Yangzhou University, No.2 WuTaiShan Road, Yangzhou, 225003, PR China
    • ,
  • Yumei Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Affiliated WuTaiShan Hospital of Yangzhou University, No.2 WuTaiShan Road, Yangzhou, 225003, PR China

Received 8 May 2008 ,Revised 5 January 2009 ,Accepted 5 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.01.011

Psychiatry Research
Volume 170, Issue 2 , Pages 273-275 , 30 December 2009

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