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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
Changes in adrenoceptor and serotonin receptor activities, and platelet serotonin uptake, in a group of moderately depressed patients before and during treatment have been monitored. alpha 2 and beta-adrenoceptor densities on platelets and lymphocytes were markedly higher before treatment commenced and decreased to approximately control values following clinical response to drug treatment; patients not responding to such treatment failed to show any attenuation of the receptor hypersensitivity. Responders and non-responders showed differing receptor affinity for the ligands at the conclusion of the treatment period. Platelet serotonin receptor activity and uptake were lower before the start of treatment than in those patients who responded to therapy. There was no difference between plasma free and bound tryptophan concentrations of patients and controls, either before or during treatment. The observed changes in receptor function may correlate with changes in the clinical status of depressed patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0022-3956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
251-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Monoamine-related markers of depression: changes following treatment.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't