NOCTURNAL GROWTH-HORMONE SECRETION IN SCHIZOPHRENIC-PATIENTS AND HEALTHY-SUBJECTS

被引:13
作者
KAHN, RS
DAVIDSON, M
HIRSCHOWITZ, J
STERN, RG
DAVIS, BM
GABRIEL, S
MOORE, C
DAVIS, KL
机构
[1] BRONX VET ADM MED CTR,SERV PSYCHIAT,BRONX,NY 10468
[2] CUNY MT SINAI SCH MED,NEUROENDOCRINOL LAB,NEW YORK,NY 10029
关键词
PSYCHOENDOCRINOLOGY; HORMONES; DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;
D O I
10.1016/0165-1781(92)90107-E
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 ;
摘要
Plasma growth hormone concentrations were measured at hourly intervals between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. the next morning in 15 drug-free chronic schizophrenic male inpatients and 14 healthy males. Growth hormone secretion was significantly lower in the patients as compared with the controls. Growth hormone release peaked around 1 a.m. in the controls, but a growth hormone peak was absent in the patient group. Increased dopamine activity, increased serotonin activity, or both could explain the absence of a nocturnal growth hormone surge in the schizophrenic patients.
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页码:155 / 161
页数:7
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