Plasma dopamine and norepinephrine correlations with psychomotor retardation, anxiety, and depression in non-psychotic depressed patients: A pilot study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-211

  Hamner, Mark B ^a   Diamond, Bruce I ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Blood pressure; Catecholamines; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; VETERANS;

EID: 0030590656     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(96)02879-X     Document Type: Article

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