Open Journal of Psychiatry

Vol.2 No.4(2012), Paper ID 24704, 8 pages

DOI:10.4236/ojpsych.2012.224046

 

Plasma levels of catecholamine metabolites and serum levels of brain-derived neurotorophic factor in smokers with schizophrenia treated with varenicline: A pilot study

 

Wakako Umene-Nakano, Reiji Yoshimura, Hikaru Hori, Asuka Katsuki, Kenji Hayashi, Chiharu Yoshii, Atsuko Ikenouchi-Sugita, Kiyokazu Atake, Jun Nakamura

 

Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu City, Japan
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu City, Japan
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu City, Japan
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu City, Japan
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu City, Japan
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wakamatsu Hospital of University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu City, Japan
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu City, Japan
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu City, Japan
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu City, Japan

 

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Umene-Nakano, W. , Yoshimura, R. , Hori, H. , Katsuki, A. , Hayashi, K. , Yoshii, C. , Ikenouchi-Sugita, A. , Atake, K. and Nakamura, J. (2012) Plasma levels of catecholamine metabolites and serum levels of brain-derived neurotorophic factor in smokers with schizophrenia treated with varenicline: A pilot study. Open Journal of Psychiatry, 2, 327-334. doi: 10.4236/ojpsych.2012.224046.

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