In:
British Journal of Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Vol. 142, No. 2 ( 1983-02), p. 184-187
Kurzfassung:
We have observed a lesser growth hormone response to intravenous clonidine administration in nine obsessive-compulsive disorder patients meeting research diagnostic criteria than in nine matched controls. The obsessive-compulsive disorder patients had higher plasma free 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol and plasma norepinephrine levels before clonidine than the controls. As blunted growth hormone responses to clonidine are also characteristic of affective disorder patients, these results support other observations of a psychobiologic affinity between these two groups and are also compatible with an association between increased presynaptic noradrenergic activity and decreased post-synaptic receptor responsiveness.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0007-1250
,
1472-1465
DOI:
10.1192/bjp.142.2.184
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Publikationsdatum:
1983
ZDB Id:
2021500-9