Plasma and platelet excitatory amino acids in psychiatric disorders
American Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 November 1993
Carlo Altamura, Massimo Carlo Mauri, Alessandra Ferrara, Antônio Renato Pereira Moro, G D’Andrea, F Zamberlan
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Plasma and platelet levels of excitatory amino acids were measured in psychiatric out-patients and in comparison subjects, and the glutamate plasma levels were significantly higher in the patients with mood disorders than in the comparison group.
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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.
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