Brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels and bipolar disorder in patients in their first depressive episode: 3-year...

Zezhi Li¹, Chen Zhang¹, Jinbo Fan¹+20

• ¹Zezhi Li, MD, PhD, Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, and Department of Neurology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Secondary Military Medical University, Shanghai, China; Chen Zhang, MD, PhD, Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, and Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan, China; Jinbo Fan, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, USA; Chengmei Yuan, MD, PhD, Jia Huang, MD, Jun Chen, MD, PhD, Zhenghui Yi, MD, PhD, Zuowei Wang, MD, PhD, Wu Hong, MD, PhD, Yong Wang, MD, PhD, Weihong Lu, MD, PhD, Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Yangtai Guan, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Secondary Military Medical University, Shanghai, China; Zhiguo Wu, MD, PhD, Yousong Su, MD, Lan Cao, MD, Yingyan Hu, MD, Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Yong Hao, MD, PhD, Mingyuan Liu, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Secondary Military Medical University, Shanghai, China; Shunying Yu, MD, PhD, Donghong Cui, MD, PhD, Department of Genetics, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Lin Xu, PhD, Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, China; Yanyan Song, PhD, Department of Pharmacology and Biostatistics, Institute of Medical Sciences, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Yiru Fang, MD, PhD, Division of Mood Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Cente