Platelet MAO activity in clinical subtypes of depression and DST suppression
| Autor: | M. F. Poirier, C. Benkelfat, N. Mitrani, H. Lôo, G. Le Fur, S. Askienazy |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
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Blood Platelets Male medicine.medical_specialty Bipolar Disorder Monoamine oxidase Central nervous system Opium Dexamethasone chemistry.chemical_compound Adjustment Disorders Sex Factors Internal medicine medicine Humans Platelet Neurotransmitter Cortisol level Monoamine Oxidase Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Depressive Disorder Age Factors Mao activity Middle Aged Psychiatry and Mental health Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Female Psychology medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. 75(5) |
| ISSN: | 0001-690X |
| Popis: | Platelet MAO activity was measured in 75 hospitalized depressed patients and in 31 healthy subjects. Plasmas post dexamethasone cortisol levels were examined in 73 patients. Results indicate that higher platelet MAO activity does not occur in all, but only in male major depressed patients. No relationship between changes of MAO activity and specific clinical subtypes was found. Platelet MAO activity is not different between DST suppressors and DST non suppressors. The authors suggest that platelet MAO activity may be related to non specific factors such as sex, age, but not to diagnosis of depression. |
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