CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID OXYTOCIN CONCENTRATION IN SCHIZOPHRENIC-PATIENTS DOES NOT DIFFER FROM CONTROL SUBJECTS AND IS NOT CHANGED BY NEUROLEPTIC MEDICATION

Authors
GLOVINSKY D KALOGERAS KT KIRCH DG SUDDATH R WYATT RJ
Citation
D. Glovinsky et al., CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID OXYTOCIN CONCENTRATION IN SCHIZOPHRENIC-PATIENTS DOES NOT DIFFER FROM CONTROL SUBJECTS AND IS NOT CHANGED BY NEUROLEPTIC MEDICATION, Schizophrenia research, 11(3), 1994, pp. 273-276
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Schizophrenia research → ACNP
ISSN journal
09209964
Volume
11
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
273 - 276
Database
ISI
SICI code
0920-9964(1994)11:3<273:COCISD>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) oxytocin concentrations in 20 neuroleptic-tr eated schizophrenic patients, 31 neuroleptic-withdrawn schizophrenic p atients, and 15 normal control subjects were compared. Neither within- subject comparisons of CSF oxytocin concentration measurements made du ring neuroleptic treatment and withdrawal (n = 11), nor comparison of the combined neuroleptic-withdrawn and neuroleptic treated patient gro up (n = 40) with control subjects (n = 15) differed significantly, sug gesting that CSF oxytocin concentration is not altered in schizophreni a.