PLATELET PAROXETINE BINDING IN DEPRESSED AND NONDEPRESSED CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS

Authors
JENSEN NH LAURITZEN L LUNDE M ERIKSEN J PLENGE P MELLERUP ET
Citation
Nh. Jensen et al., PLATELET PAROXETINE BINDING IN DEPRESSED AND NONDEPRESSED CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS, Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica, 90(2), 1994, pp. 141-144
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica → ACNP
ISSN journal
0001690X
Volume
90
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
141 - 144
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-690X(1994)90:2<141:PPBIDA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Analysis of H-3-paroxetine binding was used to determine the number of serotonin transporters in platelet membranes of chronic pain patients and controls. The pain patients who also suffered from depression in addition to the pain had significantly more serotonin transporters tha n the controls.