Am J Psychiatry 1978; 135:952-955
Copyright © 1978 by American Psychiatric Association
Human platelet MAO in drug-free and medicated schizophrenic patients
AJ Friedhoff, JC Miller and J Weisenfreund
The authors compared platelet monoamine oxidase activity in drug-free
chronic and acute schizophrenic patients, medicated chronic schizophrenic
patients, and normal controls. A significant decrement in MAO activity was
found only in medicated chronic schizophrenic patients. The possible
mechanism for this finding is discussed.