Evaluation method of prophylactic agent and / or mental illness treatment agent inspection method of mental illness, as well as test kits, mental illness for

摘要

By objective criteria based on biological indicators of methods that target a single gene, a method of evaluating the prophylactic agent and / or mental illness treatment agent inspection method of mental illness, as well as test kits, mental illness for provide. Detecting step of detecting the methylation status of the CpG island of exon I upstream of the BDNF genes of samples taken from a subject, as well as the methylation status of the sample inspection method of mental disorders of the present invention, individuals with mental illness and a test step of comparing the methylation status of the CpG island of exon I upstream of the BDNF gene in samples collected from individual non-psychiatric disorders, determines whether mental illness subject. Preferably, mental illness, schizophrenia, depression and / or.