INDUCED 5-HYDROXY-INDOLE-ACETIC ACIDURIA IN THE SCHIZOPHRENIC AND THE NON-SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT
PAUL KOCH PH.D.,
CAMILLE LAURIN M.D.,
PIERRE LEFEBVRE M.D., , and
PIERRE B. BOUBDON M.D.1
1 Albert Prevost Institute, 6555 West Gouin Boulevard, Montreal, Canada.
Inducing 5-hydroxy-indole-acetic aciduria by injecting reserpine and by oral tryptophane did not differentiate between schizophrenic and non-schizophrenic psychiatric patients within our experimental conditions.