Catecholamine Receptor Function in Depressed Patients
Abstract
The authors compared the effects of norepinephrine on catecholamine alpha receptors in platelets obtained from bipolar and unipolar depressed patients and from normal subjects. They found no differences, although reduced catecholamine receptor function has been suggested as one specific mechanism to account for a deficit in catecholamine function in depression.
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