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Studies of CSF 5-HIAA in Depression and Suicidal Behaviour

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Serotonin

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 133))

Abstract

A role for serotonin in the development of depressive illness has been suggested since the sixties (e.g. by Lapin and Oxenkrug 1969). Evidence for the importance of the neurotransmitter has largely been indirect and drawn, inter al., from pharmacological data. Many antidepressant treatments have effects on serotonin neurons. The monoamine oxidase inhibitors and some of the tricyclic antidepressants potentiate serotonergic functions, and recently this was found to be true also for convulsive treatments (Green and Grahame-Smith 1978).

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Karolinska institute, Karolinska hospital, S 104 01, Stockholm 60, Sweden

    Marie Åsberg & Lil Träskman

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  1. The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA

    Bernard Haber

  2. Veterans Administration Medical Center, Brockton, Massachusetts, USA

    Sabit Gabay

  3. Brown University Division of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

    Sabit Gabay

  4. University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

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Åsberg, M., Träskman, L. (1981). Studies of CSF 5-HIAA in Depression and Suicidal Behaviour. In: Haber, B., Gabay, S., Issidorides, M.R., Alivisatos, S.G.A. (eds) Serotonin. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 133. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3860-4_41

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