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5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in the whole-blood of patients with depressive illness

Alec Coppen, Alison Rowsell, Paul Turner, C Padgham

Postgraduate Medical Journal · 1976 · 61 citations · 17 references

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Summary Whole-blood 5-HT was examined in thirty-five depressive patients not on antidepressants, and in comparable control subjects. The concentration of whole-blood 5-HT was significantly lower during depression, but returned to normal after clinical recovery.

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Brain Serotonin Content: Physiological Dependence on Plasma Tryptophan Levels

John D. Fernstrom, R. J. Wurtman · Science · 1971 · 1K citations

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INTENSIFICATION OF THE CENTRAL SEROTONINERGIC PROCESSES AS A POSSIBLE DETERMINANT OF THE THYMOLEPTIC EFFECT

I. P. Lapin, Gregory F. Oxenkrug · The Lancet · 1969 · 710 citations

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5-Hydroxytryptamine in the Hind-Brain of Depressive Suicides

David M. Shaw, F. E. Camps, Eric Eccleston · The British Journal of Psychiatry · 1967 · 430 citations

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5-HYDROXYINDOLE COMPOUNDS IN THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OF PATIENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC OR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES

G Ashcroft, T. B. B. Crawford, D. Eccleston et al. · The Lancet · 1966 · 374 citations

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Abnormalities of Indoleamines in Affective Disorders

Alec Coppen · Archives of General Psychiatry · 1972 · 304 citations

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