Missense Mutation of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Alters Neurocognitive Performance in Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Longitudinal Study

Vairavan Narayanan; Vigneswaran Veeramuthu; Azlina Ahmad-Annuar; Norlisah Ramli; Vicknes Waran; Karuthan Chinna; Mark William Bondi; Lisa Delano-Wood; Dharmendra Ganesan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158838

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Missense Mutation of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Alters Neurocognitive Performance in Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Longitudinal Study

Vairavan Narayanan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Vairavan Narayanan, Vigneswaran Veeramuthu

* E-mail: nvairavan@um.edu.my (VN); vicveera@gmail.com (VV)

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
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Vigneswaran Veeramuthu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Vairavan Narayanan, Vigneswaran Veeramuthu

* E-mail: nvairavan@um.edu.my (VN); vicveera@gmail.com (VV)

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2052-0858

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Azlina Ahmad-Annuar,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
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Norlisah Ramli,

Affiliation University Malaya Research Imaging Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
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Vicknes Waran,

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
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Karuthan Chinna,

Affiliation Julius Centre University Malaya, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Mark William Bondi,

Affiliations VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America, University of California San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Lisa Delano-Wood,

Affiliations VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America, University of California San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Dharmendra Ganesan

Affiliation Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
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Missense Mutation of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Alters Neurocognitive Performance in Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Longitudinal Study

Vairavan Narayanan,
Vigneswaran Veeramuthu,
Azlina Ahmad-Annuar,
Norlisah Ramli,
Vicknes Waran,
Karuthan Chinna,
Mark William Bondi,
Lisa Delano-Wood,
Dharmendra Ganesan

Published: July 20, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158838

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