A Neuroendocrine Study of Stereotactic Sub-Caudate Tractotomy
- 1 April 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 144 (4), 417-420
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.144.4.417
Abstract
Summary: The growth hormone and hypotensive responses to clonidine have been measured in six drug free severely depressed patients before, and at two weeks after, the surgical procedure of stereotactic sub-caudate tractotomy. The responses were unaltered two weeks after operation, by which time a small clinical improvement was evident. These findings are discussed in relation to central a adrenoceptor functions in depression, and the effect upon this of antidepressant treatment.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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