Increased Total Urinary Cortisol (tUC) and Serum Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Ratio in Alzheimer Disease (AD)-affected Patients

Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2017 Apr-Jun;31(2):173-176. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000156.

Authors

Martina Curto¹, Antonio Martocchia, Stefano Ferracuti, Fabrizia Comite, Sergio Scaccianoce, Paolo Girardi, Ferdinando Nicoletti, Paolo Falaschi

Affiliation

¹ *NESMOS (Neurosciences, Mental Health, and Sensory Organs) Department, Psychiatric Unit §Geriatric Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital ∥Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome ¶I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed, Pozzilli (IS), Italy †Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston ‡Bipolar & Psychotic Disorders Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA.

PMID: 27196536
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000156

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MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease / blood*
Alzheimer Disease / urine*
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / blood*
Female
Humans
Hydrocortisone / urine*
Male
Middle Aged

Substances

Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
BDNF protein, human
Hydrocortisone