Variations in CSF monoamine metabolites according to the season of birth

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 57-62

  Chotai, Jayanti ^a,c   Åsberg, Marie ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Lycksele Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CSF monoamine metabolites; Season of birth

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; MONOAMINE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MONOAMINE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX;

EID: 0033017283     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026561     Document Type: Article

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