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Serum Calcium and Sodium in Some Psychotic Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

A. H. Tingey  and
S. W. Hardwick
A. H. Tingey
Affiliation:
From the Central Pathological Laboratory, The Maudsley Hospital
S. W. Hardwick
Affiliation:
From the Central Pathological Laboratory, The Maudsley Hospital
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The influence of slight variations in the inorganic constituents of the tissue fluids on the function of the nervous system has long been the subject of physiological investigation. Thus a disturbance of the ratio Ca/Na is known to be related to the irritability of muscular tissue (1). Ca and K are antagonistic in their action on the vegetative nervous system: Ca increases the excitability of the sympathetic system, whilst K excites the parasympathetic system (2). The influence of Ca on the excitability of the central nervous system finds a clinical illustration in tetany; and, from a pathological point of view, diminution of the serum Ca is well established in certain types of this disorder.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 81 , Issue 334 , July 1935 , pp. 528 - 532
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1935 

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