Scientific Information on Serum BDNF
Serum BDNF
Summary of Serum BDNF
Scientific Information on Serum BDNF
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Human Effect Matrix
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Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials |
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Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled |
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Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies |
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Uncontrolled or observational studies only |
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Level of Evidence
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The amount of high quality evidence. The more
evidence, the more we can trust the results.
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Supplement |
Magnitude of effect
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The direction and size of the supplement's impact on
each outcome. Some supplements can have an increasing effect, others have a decreasing effect, and others have no effect.
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Consistency of research results
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Scientific research does not always agree. HIGH or
VERY HIGH means that most of the scientific research agrees.
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Notes |
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Minor
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- See study |
An increase in serum BDNF has been confirmed in persons with schizophrenia and tardive dyskinesia only
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Minor
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Moderate See all 3 studies |
Supplemental zinc (30mg) has been noted to increase serum BDNF in depressed subjects in one study, which did not occur in study; there were differences in the study demographic and more research is needed.
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2.1g D-serine in otherwise healthy humans does not acutely influence serum BDNF concentrations
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