Although the brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been mainly investigated in the context of depression and anxiety disorders, several studies also suggest an association between BDNF and smoking. BDNF represents a protein which crucially influences several processes in the cell ranging from growth to apoptosis. A functional variant of the BDNF gene - the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism - is one of the main targets in BDNF research because of its influence on BDNF secretion. Recently an association between the 66Met allele and smoking has been reported in a sample of 320 Caucasians. The aim of the present study was to replicate this association in a sample nearly twice as large consisting of N = 614 German Caucasian participants. A link between smoking and the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism could not be found in our data. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Univ Oxford, John Radcliffe Hosp, Nuffield Dept Clin Neurosci, Oxford OX3 9DU, EnglandUniv Oxford, John Radcliffe Hosp, Nuffield Dept Clin Neurosci, Oxford OX3 9DU, England
Joundi, Raed A.
Lopez-Alonso, Virginia
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Univ A Coruna, Learning & Human Movement Control Grp, INEF Galicia, La Coruna, SpainUniv Oxford, John Radcliffe Hosp, Nuffield Dept Clin Neurosci, Oxford OX3 9DU, England
Lopez-Alonso, Virginia
Lago, Angel
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Univ A Coruna, Learning & Human Movement Control Grp, INEF Galicia, La Coruna, SpainUniv Oxford, John Radcliffe Hosp, Nuffield Dept Clin Neurosci, Oxford OX3 9DU, England
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Univ A Coruna, Learning & Human Movement Control Grp, INEF Galicia, La Coruna, SpainUniv Oxford, John Radcliffe Hosp, Nuffield Dept Clin Neurosci, Oxford OX3 9DU, England
Fernandez-del-Olmo, Miguel
Gomez-Garre, Pilar
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Univ Seville, CSIC, Unidad Trastornos Movimiento,Hosp Univ Virgen del, Inst Biomed Sevilla,Serv Neurol & Neurofisiolgia, Seville, SpainUniv Oxford, John Radcliffe Hosp, Nuffield Dept Clin Neurosci, Oxford OX3 9DU, England
Gomez-Garre, Pilar
Mir, Pablo
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Univ Seville, CSIC, Unidad Trastornos Movimiento,Hosp Univ Virgen del, Inst Biomed Sevilla,Serv Neurol & Neurofisiolgia, Seville, Spain
Ctr Invest Biomed Red Enfermedades Neurodegenerat, Seville, SpainUniv Oxford, John Radcliffe Hosp, Nuffield Dept Clin Neurosci, Oxford OX3 9DU, England
Mir, Pablo
Jenkinson, Ned
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Univ Oxford, John Radcliffe Hosp, Nuffield Dept Clin Neurosci, Oxford OX3 9DU, EnglandUniv Oxford, John Radcliffe Hosp, Nuffield Dept Clin Neurosci, Oxford OX3 9DU, England
Jenkinson, Ned
Cheeran, Binith
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Univ Oxford, John Radcliffe Hosp, Nuffield Dept Clin Neurosci, Oxford OX3 9DU, EnglandUniv Oxford, John Radcliffe Hosp, Nuffield Dept Clin Neurosci, Oxford OX3 9DU, England
Cheeran, Binith
Brown, Peter
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Univ Oxford, John Radcliffe Hosp, Nuffield Dept Clin Neurosci, Oxford OX3 9DU, EnglandUniv Oxford, John Radcliffe Hosp, Nuffield Dept Clin Neurosci, Oxford OX3 9DU, England
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Zucker Hillside Hosp, Glen Oaks, NY 11004 USAZucker Hillside Hosp, Glen Oaks, NY 11004 USA
Lencz, Todd
Lipsky, Robert H.
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NIAAA, Neurogenet Lab, Bethesda, MD USAZucker Hillside Hosp, Glen Oaks, NY 11004 USA
Lipsky, Robert H.
DeRosse, Pamela
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Zucker Hillside Hosp, Div Psychiat Res, New York, NY USAZucker Hillside Hosp, Glen Oaks, NY 11004 USA
DeRosse, Pamela
Burdick, Katherine E.
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Feinstein Inst Med Res, Ctr Translat Psychiat, New York, NY USA
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Burdick, Katherine E.
Goldman, David
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NIAAA, Sect Human Neurogenet, Rockville, MD 20852 USAZucker Hillside Hosp, Glen Oaks, NY 11004 USA
Goldman, David
Hodgkinson, Colin
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NIAAA, Sect Human Neurogenet, Rockville, MD 20852 USAZucker Hillside Hosp, Glen Oaks, NY 11004 USA
Hodgkinson, Colin
Kane, John M.
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Feinstein Inst Med Res, Ctr Translat Psychiat, New York, NY USA
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Kane, John M.
Malhotra, Anil K.
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