5-Hydroxy-indolacetic-acid (5-HIAA) serum levels in depressive patients and ECT
| Autor: | Haroon Rashid Chaudhry, Norbert Loimer, Peter Hofmann, Pfersmann D, Gerhard Wieselmann, Rainer Schmid |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Male Treatment response medicine.medical_specialty Metabolite medicine.medical_treatment Serotonergic behavioral disciplines and activities chemistry.chemical_compound Electroconvulsive therapy Internal medicine mental disorders medicine Humans Neurotransmitter Electroconvulsive Therapy Biological Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Depressive Disorder Plasma samples Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid Psychiatry and Mental health Endocrinology nervous system chemistry Female Serotonin Psychology hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists |
| Zdroj: | Journal of psychiatric research. 30(3) |
| ISSN: | 0022-3956 |
| Popis: | In 31 drug and ECT naive melancholic patients, serum levels of the major metabolite of serotonin 5-hydroxy-indolacetic-acid (5-HIAA) were estimated in the first and third ECT of a course. Plasma samples were taken before ECT and 1, 60 and 120 min thereafter. The estimations were done by a new high performance liquid chromatography method (HPLC). After the seizure, a statistically significant decrease of 5-HIAA serum levels was observed over both ECTs. There was a significant increase in 5-HIAA serum levels from the first to the third ECT. ECT was found to influence serotonin turnover. It might be interpreted that ECT improves serotonergic responsiveness and neurotransmission. There was no significant correlation between 5-HIAA levels and gender, or age of the patients, or seizure duration. Furthermore, the severity of depression and treatment response did not correlate with certain 5-HIAA serum level patterns. |
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