@article{ref1,
title="Platelet tritiated imipramine binding and serotonin uptake in depressed patients and controls. Relationship to plasma cortisol levels before and after dexamethasone administration",
journal="Archives of general psychiatry",
year="1987",
author="Roy, Alec and Everett, D. and Pickar, D. and Paul, S. M.",
volume="44",
number="4",
pages="320-327",
abstract="We measured platelet tritiated imipramine binding and serotonin uptake in 51 depressed patients and 43 normal controls. Although there were no significant differences in platelet 3H-imipramine binding or serotonin uptake when the total group of depressed patients was compared with controls, depressed women (n = 32) had a significantly lower maximal density of 3H-imipramine binding sites (beta max) than control women (n = 25). Moreover, among the total group of depressed patients, there were significant negative correlations between the beta max values and plasma cortisol levels at 4 PM (n = 41) and 11 PM (n = 41) following dexamethasone administration. These negative correlations between beta max and cortisol levels were strongest among melancholic patients both at 4 PM before dexamethasone administration (n = 14) and at 11 PM after dexamethasone administration (n = 15). These data suggest that the reported decrease in beta max found among depressed patients may be related to and is perhaps secondary to the hypercortisolemia of depression.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-990X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}