Plasma and platelet excitatory amino acids in psychiatric disorders
Authors:
- M C MauriMMM C Mauri
- A FerraraAFA Ferrara
- A R MoroAMA R Moro
- G D'AndreaGDG D'Andrea
- F ZamberlanFZF Zamberlan
- 1 November 1993
- journal article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 150 (11) , 1731-1733
Abstract
Plasma and platelet levels of excitatory amino acids were measured in 38 psychiatric out-patients and in 19 comparison subjects; the patients had DSM-III-R diagnoses of organic mental disorders (N = 3), mood disorders (N = 15), schizophrenia (N = 13), and anxiety disorders (N = 7). The glutamate plasma levels were significantly higher in the patients with mood disorders than in the comparison group.Keywords
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