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Vanilmandelicaciduria in the Different Clinical Phases of Manic Depressive Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Tito Campanini ,
Alberto Catalano ,
Carlo De Risio  and
Giacomo Mardighian
Tito Campanini
Affiliation:
Clinica delle Malattie Nervose e Mentali dell’ Università, 43100 Parma, Italy
Alberto Catalano
Affiliation:
Clinica delle Malattie Nervose e Mentali dell’ Università, 43100 Parma, Italy
Carlo De Risio
Affiliation:
Clinica delle Malattie Nervose e Mentali dell’ Università, 43100 Parma, Italy
Giacomo Mardighian
Affiliation:
Clinica delle Malattie Nervose e Mentali dell’ Università, 43100 Parma, Italy
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The catecholamine hypothesis of affective disorders proposes that 'some-if not all-depressions are associated with an absolute or relative decrease in catecholamines, particularly norepinephrine, available at central adrenergic receptor sites. Elation, conversely, may be associated with an excess of such amines' (Schildkraut, 1965).

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 116 , Issue 533 , April 1970 , pp. 435 - 436
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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