Effect of diet on urinary MHPG excretion in depressed patients and normal control subjects
- 1 August 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 134 (8) , 914-916
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.8.914
Abstract
The authors studied the effect of a catecholamine-controlled diet on the urinary level of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) of 6 depressed patients and 6 normal volunteers. The normal subjects showed no change in MHPG levels on or off the diet; the depressed patients showed a significant increase in MHPG while off the diet.Keywords
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