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Neurobiochemie suizidalen Verhaltens

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Suizidalität

Part of the book series: Tropon-Symposium ((BAYERZNS,volume 10))

Zusammenfassung

Die biochemische Suizidforschung ist aus der biochemischen Depressions-forschunghervergegangen.Di Quantifizierung von Neurotransmittermetaboliten in der Zerebrospinalflüssigkeit depressiver bzw, suizidaler Patienten, aber auch für den Versuch, leichter zugängliche periphere Parameter für die Diagnostik nutzbar zu machen. Von Anfang an war die vorrangige Rolle des Neurotransmitters Serotonin im Zusammenhang mit suizidalem Verhalten deutlich; auch heute noch konzentriert sich die Fosrchung insbesondere auf die serotoninbezogenen Parameter einschlieβlich der Rezeptoren, Metaboliten und biochemischen Vorstufen. Seit Beggin der neunziger Jahre gewinnen aber auch andere, speziell adrenerge, Parameter zuhnemendes Interesse. Die laborchemische Testung auf eine Suizidneigung ist sicher noch eine Zukunftsvision, jedoch wurden bereits erste Versuche mit klinisch-praktisch anwendbaren Kombinationtests aus Spontaparametern und Funktiontests unternommen. Fernziel ist dabei die Ermittlung eines objektiven, biochemischen Suizidindexes.

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Demling, J. (1996). Neurobiochemie suizidalen Verhaltens. In: Wolfersdorf, M., Kaschka, W.P. (eds) Suizidalität. Tropon-Symposium, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79855-9_4

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