Platelet MAO activity: relationships to clinical and psychometric variables

Platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity was measured in a group of hospitalized male psychiatric patients. The findings of this study confirm previous reports of: (1) reduced platelet MAO activity in patients with auditory hallucinations, (2) reduced platelet MAO activity in patients with alcoholi...

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Published in:Schizophrenia bulletin 1980, Vol.6 (2), p.226-231
Main Authors: Adler, S A, Gottesman, I I, Orsulak, P J, Kizuka, P P, Schildkraut, J J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Alcoholism
Alcoholism - enzymology
Antisocial Personality Disorder - enzymology
Auditory Hallucinations
Blood Platelets
Blood Platelets - enzymology
Etiology
Hallucinations - enzymology
Human
Humans
Introversion
Introversion (Psychology)
Male
Mental Disorders - enzymology
Middle Aged
Monoamine Oxidase - blood
Monoamine Oxidases
Psychiatric Patients
Psychological Tests
Social Isolation
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Summary:Platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity was measured in a group of hospitalized male psychiatric patients. The findings of this study confirm previous reports of: (1) reduced platelet MAO activity in patients with auditory hallucinations, (2) reduced platelet MAO activity in patients with alcoholism, and (3) a positive correlation between platelet MAO activity and a psychometric index of social introversion.
ISSN:0586-7614
1745-1701
DOI:10.1093/schbul/6.2.226