High levels of plasma catecholamines in dexamethasone-resistant depressed patients



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Am J Psychiatry 1983; 140:1623-1625
Copyright © 1983 by American Psychiatric Association

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High levels of plasma catecholamines in dexamethasone-resistant depressed patients

RF Barnes, RC Veith, S Borson, J Verhey, MA Raskind and JB Halter

Of nine depressed patients given the dexamethasone suppression test, the four dexamethasone-resistant patients had significantly higher plasma norepinephrine and epinephrine levels than the five patients with normal suppression. These results suggest greater sympathetic function in dexamethasone-resistant depressed patients.

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