“…However, the timepoint at which post-treatment BDNF levels are measured is not consistent across previous studies. Serum BDNF levels have been measured during treatment (Marano et al, 2007), 5 weeks after the start of ECT (Okamoto et al, 2008), as well as 1 week (Piccini et al, 2009), 2 weeks (Hu et al, 2010), or 1 month (Bocchio-Chiavetto et al, 2006) after treatment completion. Therefore, while ECT may increase BDNF levels, it remains unclear as to when this increase occurs.…”