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The “Pink Spot” in Schizophrenics and its Absence in Homocystinurics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 January 2018
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In 1952 Osmond and Smythies, with Harley-Mason, suggested that schizophrenia might be due to an abnormality in the metabolism of epinephrine, by which a mescaline-like substance such as dimethoxyphenylethylamine (DMPE) might be produced by O-methylation at the third and fourth positions. It was felt then that DMPE might have “psychotomimetic properties” similar to mescaline.
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- Studies in Schizophrenia
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- Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969
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