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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-2-6
pubmed:abstractText
The prolactin response to the administration of serotonin agonists is an index of central nervous system serotonin (5HT) activity. This index is blunted in association with hostile aggression in personality-disordered individuals without substance abuse. We tested whether prolactin response to the partial 5HT agonist meta-chlorophenylpiperazine (MCPP) (0.35 mg/kg po) was associated with measures of trait hostility in alcoholics who were completing a 3-week rehabilitation program after medical detoxification. We also tested whether the same 5HT index differed in the group of alcoholics compared with the healthy volunteers. The prolactin response to MCPP was inversely associated with the main index of trait hostility and was similarly inversely associated with an index of depression. There was, however, no difference in neuroendocrine or temperature responses to MCPP between the alcohol-dependent group and the healthy volunteers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0145-6008
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
824-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Hostility is associated with a low prolactin response to meta-chlorophenylpiperazine in abstinent alcoholics.
pubmed:affiliation
Psychiatry Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10468, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article