Do Low Levels of MHPG in Depressive Spectrum Patients Normalize after Successful Treatment?
作者:
Michael J. Garvey,
V.B. Tuason,
期刊:
Neuropsychobiology
(Karger Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 34,
issue 4
页码: 188-191
ISSN:0302-282X
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1159/000119309
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: MHPG;Depression spectrum disease;Mood disorders;Treatment
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
Patients with depressive spectrum disorder (DSD) have low levels of the nor-epinephrine metabolite, MHPG. This study examines what happens to the low levels of MHPG following improvement of depressive symptoms. Sixteen depressed patients with a family history consistent with DSD showed no change in MHPG after 6 weeks of treatment. This was true for both treatment responders and nonresponders. The lack of change in low levels of MHPG suggests that reduced norepinephrine turnover is a biological trait of DSD patients. Implications of this finding are discussed.
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