Platelet MAO activity in posttraumatic stress disorder
- 1 November 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 142 (11), 1341-1343
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.142.11.1341
Abstract
Platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity was assessed in 23 patients with posttraumatic stress disorder and 19 age-matched male control subjects. An overall significantly lower MAO activity was observed in the posttraumatic stress disorder group. When the group was divided into those with and those without a history of alcohol abuse, only the former group differed significantly from control subjects. The heuristic importance of these findings is discussed.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
- Platelet Monoamine Oxidase Response to Lithium Treatment in Psychiatric PatientsJournal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 1984
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Hispanic Vietnam VeteransJournal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 1983
- Toward a biochemical classification of depressive disorders, VI: Platelet MAO activity and clinical symptoms in depressed patientsAmerican Journal of Psychiatry, 1982
- Platelet Monoamine Oxidase Activity and the Classification of DepressionArchives of General Psychiatry, 1980
- Psychiatric Vulnerability, Monoamine Oxidase, and the Average Evoked PotentialArchives of General Psychiatry, 1980
- MAO, DBH AND COMT - THE EFFECT OF ANXIETY1980
- PLATELET-MONOAMINE-OXIDASE ACTIVITY PREDICTS RESPONSE TO LITHIUM IN MANIC-DEPRESSIVE ILLNESSThe Lancet, 1977
- Platelet MAO and alcoholismAmerican Journal of Psychiatry, 1977
- The Biochemical High-Risk Paradigm: Behavioral and Familial Correlates of Low Platelet Monoamine Oxidase ActivityScience, 1976
- Reduced Monoamine Oxidase Activity in Platelets: A Possible Genetic Marker for Vulnerability to SchizophreniaScience, 1973