Ventricular Size and CSF Transmitter Metabolite Concentrations in Severe Endogenous Depression
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 148 (4) , 386-392
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.148.4.386
Abstract
The relationship between neurotransmitter metabolite concentrations and measurements of ventricular size on CAT scans and pneumoencephalographs was investigated in 15 patients with severe affective disorder. An association was identified between reduced levels of plasma free tryptophan and ventricular enlargement and also between raised ventricular CSF levels of 5 HIAA and ventricular enlargement.This publication has 56 references indexed in Scilit:
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