Exploring the association between brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels and longitudinal psychopathological and cognitive changes in Sardinian psychotic patients.
Ulker IsayevaMirko ManchiaRoberto ColluDiego PrimaveraLuca DeriuEdoardo CaboniNovella IaselliDavide SundasMassimo TusconiFederica PinnaPasquale ParibelloMaria SchermaClaudia PisanuAnna MeloniClement C ZaiDonatella CongiuAlessio SquassinaWalter FrattaPaola FaddaBernardo CarpinelloPublished in: European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists (2022)
These findings in patients from real-world settings suggest a plausible role of peripheral BDNF levels as a marker of illness burden in schizophrenia spectrum disorders.