血管内皮生长因子与未服用药物精神分裂症患者的认知之间的关系中的性别差异

Xiaoxiao Sun1, Ying Xu2, Yanqing Wu1

  • 1Laboratory of Biological Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Tianjin Anding Hospital, Mental Health Center of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300222, China.

Schizophrenia research
|February 16, 2025
PubMed
概括

血管内皮生长因子 (VEGF) 可能会保护女性精神分裂症患者的认知能力. 在女性中,更高的VEGF水平与更好的认知功能和更轻微的症状相关,这表明其作为性别特异性生物标志物的潜力.

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