CSF‐adrenaline ‐ low in “somatizing depression”
- 1 May 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Vol. 75 (5) , 516-520
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1987.tb02827.x
Abstract
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) adrenaline and noradrenaline were measured in 14 depressed patients and in seven controls. CSF-adrenaline, but not noradrenaline, was significantly reduced in the depressed patients. Moreover, a significantly negative correlation between "anxiety, somatic", "hypochondriasis", evaluated as single items on the Hamilton Depression Scale, and CSF-adrenaline concentrations, was found.Keywords
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