Articles by author - Agnieszka Slopien

Inverse relationship between leptin increase and improvement in depressive symptoms in anorexia nervosa.

Rybakowski F, Slopien A, Tyszkiewicz-Nwafor M.

Journal Article 2014; 35(1): 64-67 PubMed PMID: 24625915  Keywords:  Adolescent, Anorexia Nervosa:blood, Body Mass Index, Comorbidity, Depression:blood, Humans, Leptin:blood, Longitudinal Studies, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Severity of Illness Index, Weight Gain:physiology,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Anorexia nervosa (AN) often presents with comorbid depressive symptoms and is characterized by low levels of neuroimmunomodula.....

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Brain derived neurotrophic factor gene Val66Met and -270C/T polymorphisms and personality traits predisposing to anorexia nervosa.

Rybakowski F, Dmitrzak-Weglarz M, Szczepankiewicz A, Skibinska M, Slopien A, Rajewski A, Hauser J.

Comparative Study 2007; 28(2): 153-158 PubMed PMID: 17435670  Keywords:  Adolescent, Adult, Anorexia Nervosa:genetics, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor:genetics, Case-Control Studies, Child, Disease Susceptibility, Female, Genotype, Humans, Personality:genetics, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Polymorphisms in BDNF gene has been proposed, as susceptibility loci for stress-related psychiatric disorders. Several lines o.....

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