Naslov
Platelet 5-HT and plasma cortisol concentrations after dexamethasone suppression test in patients with different time course of schizophrenia

Autori
Jakovljević, Miro ; Muck-Šeler, Dorotea ; Pivac, Nela ; Crnčević, Željka

Izvornik
Neuropsychobiology (0302-282X) 37 (1998), 3; 142-145

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
time course of schizophrenia; plasma cortisol; dexamethasone suppression test; platelet serotonin

Sažetak
Platelet 5-HT and plasma cortisol concantrations were determined in 59 schizophrenic patients with different time course of illness before and after dexamethasone suppression test (DST). An abnormal DST (nonsuppression) was observed in 51 percent of patients. In these patients basal cortisol and platelet 5-HT concentrations were higher than in patients with normal DST. After DST, plasma cortisol levels were higher in nonsuppressors with intermittent and intermittent-chronic time course, whereas platelet 5-HT concentrations were increased in nonsuppressors with intermittent-chronic time course. The results suggest that schizophrenic patients have dysregulated hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis as shown by a high rate of DST nonsuppression, and that nonsuppressors showed hypercortisolemia and hyperserotonemia independent of the time course of schizophrenia. No significant association between DST and time course of the illness was found.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti

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