Plasma and platelet excitatory amino acids in psychiatric disorders.

Altamura, C A; Mauri, M C; Ferrara, A; Moro, A R; D'Andrea, G; Zamberlan, F · Am J Psychiatry · 1993

case_control · Level III

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Abstract

Plasma and platelet levels of excitatory amino acids were measured in 38 psychiatric out-patients and in 19 comparison subjects; the patients had DSM-III-R diagnoses of organic mental disorders (N = 3), mood disorders (N = 15), schizophrenia (N = 13), and anxiety disorders (N = 7). The glutamate plasma levels were significantly higher in the patients with mood disorders than in the comparison group.

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