Abstract
(1) There are limitations to some of these studies because of the small number of patients involved, but our data suggest that maximal Growth Hormone (GH) levels after induced hypoglycemia were lower in depressed patients than in control subjects. (2) Manic patients showed low GH peaks during the Insulin Tolerance Test (ITT), and furthermore urinary 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylene glycol (MHPG) excretion rates in mania were indistinguishable from normals but higher than in depressed patients. (3) The apomorphine-induced GH response was essentially normal in affective disorder patients, while acute schizophrenic patients showed hypersensitivity of postsynaptic dopamine receptors. (4) Confirming previous studies by Maas et al. (1968, 1972), patients with depressive illness were found to have signicantly lower urinary MHPG excretion, whereas borderline patients with depressive symptomatology had MHPG values similar to control subjects.
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