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List of works by Brisa S. Fernandes

Affective temperaments and emotional traits are associated with a positive screening for premenstrual dysphoric disorder

scientific article published on 18 August 2016

Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Risk of Mood Disorders.

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Are remitted affective disorders and familial risk of affective disorders associated with metabolic syndrome, inflammation and oxidative stress? - a monozygotic twin study

scientific article published on 04 September 2019

Aspirin and incident depressive symptoms: A longitudinal cohort study over 8 years

scientific article published on 06 August 2017

Bias in Peripheral Depression Biomarkers

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Bias in emerging biomarkers for bipolar disorder

scientific article published on 19 May 2016

Biomarkers in bipolar disorder: a positional paper from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Biomarkers Task Force

scientific article published on 14 February 2013

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor as a state-marker of mood episodes in bipolar disorders: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis

scientific article published on 06 May 2011

C-reactive protein concentrations across the mood spectrum in bipolar disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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C-reactive protein is increased in schizophrenia but is not altered by antipsychotics: meta-analysis and implications

scientific article published on 14 July 2015

Cognitive remission: a novel objective for the treatment of major depression?

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Comparison of cytokine levels in depressed, manic and euthymic patients with bipolar disorder

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Decreased brain-derived neurotrophic factor in medicated and drug-free bipolar patients

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Decreased peripheral brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels are a biomarker of disease activity in major psychiatric disorders: a comparative meta-analysis

scientific article published on 17 December 2013

Depression in cancer: The many biobehavioral pathways driving tumor progression.

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Early Intervention in Bipolar Disorder

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

Editorial: Back to the Future: On the Road Towards Precision Psychiatry

scientific article published on 26 February 2020

Effects of Depression and Serotonergic Antidepressants on Bone: Mechanisms and Implications for the Treatment of Depression

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Evidence-based umbrella review of 162 peripheral biomarkers for major mental disorders

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Feasibility of treating swine manure in an anaerobic sequencing batch biofilm reactor with mechanical stirring

scientific article published in February 2005

Guidelines for the standardized collection of blood-based biomarkers in psychiatry: Steps for laboratory validity - a consensus of the Biomarkers Task Force from the WFSBP

scientific article published on 25 March 2019

Homocysteine as a peripheral biomarker in bipolar disorder: A meta-analysis.

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Hypersalivation Associated with Olanzapine and Valproate Combination: A Case Report

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Improvement of negative and positive symptoms in treatment-refractory schizophrenia: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial with memantine as add-on therapy to clozapine

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Improvement of schizophrenia with electroconvulsive therapy and serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels: Lack of association in a pilot study

scientific article published on 01 December 2010

Increased neurotrophin-3 in drug-free subjects with bipolar disorder during manic and depressive episodes

scientific article published on 08 January 2010

Innate Immune Cells and C-Reactive Protein in Acute First-Episode Psychosis and Schizophrenia: Relationship to Psychopathology and Treatment

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Lack of association between serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels and improvement of schizophrenia symptoms in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of memantine as adjunctive therapy to clozapine

scientific article published in January 2010

Leptin in bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 8 April 2016

Maintenance N-acetyl cysteine treatment for bipolar disorder: a double-blind randomized placebo controlled trial

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Mapping risk factors for depression across the lifespan: An umbrella review of evidence from meta-analyses and Mendelian randomization studies

Mindfulness-based stress reduction for fibromyalgia: A step closer to precision psychiatry?

scientific article published on 14 June 2019

Minimum 2-year follow up of sex reassignment surgery in Brazilian male-to-female transsexuals

scientific article published in June 2012

N-Acetylcysteine in depressive symptoms and functionality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Oxidative stress and frailty: A systematic review and synthesis of the best evidence

scientific article published on 16 January 2017

Peripheral Alterations in Cytokine and Chemokine Levels After Antidepressant Drug Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

scientific article published on 13 June 2017

Peripheral brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as a biomarker in bipolar disorder: a meta-analysis of 52 studies

scientific article published on 30 November 2015

Peripheral brain-derived neurotrophic factor in schizophrenia and the role of antipsychotics: meta-analysis and implications

scientific article published on 30 September 2014

Peripheral cytokine and chemokine alterations in depression: a meta-analysis of 82 studies

scientific article published on 25 January 2017

Peripheral vascular endothelial growth factor as a novel depression biomarker: A meta-analysis

scientific article published on 08 July 2015

Precision psychiatry with immunological and cognitive biomarkers: a multi-domain prediction for the diagnosis of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia using machine learning

scientific article published on 24 May 2020

Reduced serum non-enzymatic antioxidant defense and increased lipid peroxidation in schizophrenic patients on a hypocaloric diet

scientific article published on 03 February 2012

Relationship between depression and frailty in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 30 March 2017

Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is not associated with response to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): a pilot study in drug resistant depressed patients

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Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor in bipolar and unipolar depression: a potential adjunctive tool for differential diagnosis

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Serum levels of IL-6, IL-10 and TNF-α in patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia: differences in pro- and anti-inflammatory balance

scientific article published on 01 September 2011

Serum triglycerides, but not cholesterol or leptin, are decreased in suicide attempters with mood disorders.

scientific article published on 22 October 2014

Staging in bipolar disorder: from theoretical framework to clinical utility

scientific article published on October 2017

Staging in bipolar disorder: one step closer to precision psychiatry

scientific article published in April 2017

Statins for the treatment of depression: A meta-analysis of randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials

scientific article published on 27 April 2016

T helper 17 cells may drive neuroprogression in major depressive disorder: Proposal of an integrative model

scientific article published on 17 February 2016

The Placebo and Nocebo Phenomena: Their Clinical Management and Impact on Treatment Outcomes

scientific article published on 22 February 2017

The concept of staging in bipolar disorder: the role of BDNF and TNF-alpha as biomarkers

The effect of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on human cognition - A systematic review

scientific article published on 21 April 2017

The efficacy of N-acetylcysteine as an adjunctive treatment in bipolar depression: an open label trial

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The impact of methylphenidate on seizure frequency and severity in children with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder and difficult-to-treat epilepsies

scientific article published on 9 March 2013

The kynurenine pathway in major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia: a meta-analysis of 101 studies

scientific article published on 23 November 2020

The new field of 'precision psychiatry'.

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The renin-angiotensin system: a possible new target for depression

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Treatment of neurocognitive symptoms in unipolar depression: A systematic review and future perspectives.

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Validity of the Portuguese version of the Bipolar Depression Rating Scale

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