The Platelet Benzodiazepine Receptor Is Unaltered in Obsessive‐Compulsive Disorder
作者:
Ronit Weizman,
Haggai Hermesh,
Leon Karp,
Dalit Dar,
Hanan Munitz,
Moshe Gavish,
期刊:
Clinical Neuropharmacology
(OVID Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 16,
issue 3
页码: 211-215
ISSN:0362-5664
年代: 1993
出版商: OVID
关键词: Mitochondrial benzodiazepine receptor;Obsessive-compulsive disorder;Anxiety
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
SummaryMitochondrial benzodiazepine receptors (MBR) are sensitive to anxiety and stress. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether platelet MBR are altered in untreated obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients and whether chronic treatment with clomipramine (CMI) regulates these receptors. MBR were assessed in 13 drug-free OCD patients as compared with 15 healthy controls. Seven of the 13 patients were treated with CMI (200–300 mg/day). The density and affinity of the receptors to their ligand [3H]PK 11195 in OCD patients and controls were not affected by the CMI treatment despite the clinical improvement. It seems that, in contrast to generalized anxiety disorder, OCD is not associated with alterations in platelet benzodiazepine receptors.
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