Sympathoadrenomedullary hyperactivity in the neuroleptic malignant syndrome: a case report
- 1 August 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 138 (8) , 1115-1116
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.8.1115
Abstract
A patient with the neuroleptic malignant syndrome was described whose excessive catecholamine excretion indicated hyperactivity of the sympathoadrenomedullary component of the autonomic nervous system. A physiological basis for using catecholamine blocking agents to treat some patients with this syndrome was discussed.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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