PLASMA AND PLATELET EXCITATORY AMINO-ACIDS IN PSYCHIATRIC-DISORDERS

Authors
ALTAMURA CA MAURI MC FERRARA A MORO AR DANDREA G ZAMBERLAN F
Citation
Ca. Altamura et al., PLASMA AND PLATELET EXCITATORY AMINO-ACIDS IN PSYCHIATRIC-DISORDERS, The American journal of psychiatry, 150(11), 1993, pp. 1731-1733
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
The American journal of psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
0002953X
Volume
150
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1731 - 1733
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-953X(1993)150:11<1731:PAPEAI>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Plasma and platelet levels of excitatory amino acids were measured in 38 psychiatric out-patients and in 19 comparison subjects; the patient s had DSM-III-R diagnoses of organic mental disorders (N=3), mood diso rders (N=15), schizophrenia (N=13), and anxiety disorders (N=7). The g lutamate plasma levels were significantly higher in the patients with mood disorders than in the comparison group.