ANTI-DEPRESSANT POTENTIATION OF 5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN BY L-DEPRENIL IN AFFECTIVE-ILLNESS
ANTI-DEPRESSANT POTENTIATION OF 5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN BY L-DEPRENIL IN AFFECTIVE-ILLNESS
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DOI:
10.1016/0165-0327(80)90013-0
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
6.6
通讯作者:
YOUDIM, MBH
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作者:
MENDLEWICZ, J;YOUDIM, MBH
L-Deprenil, an irreversible selective MAO-B (monoamine oxidase-B) inhibitor without cheese effect was given to 14 patients with unipolar and bipolar depression receiving L-5-hydroxytryptophan (L-5-HTP) and benzerazide. Out of 14 patients 10 showed a good response to the combination of drugs and a correlation was found between the degree of platelet MAO inhibition and clinical response. In a double-blind controlled study, 18 affectively ill patients were randomly allocated to L-deprenil plus L-5-HTP and benzerazide, 21 patients were treated with L-5-HTP and benzerazide and 19 patients with placebo only. Patients treated with the combination of L-deprenil and L-5-HTP showed a significantly greater clinical improvement than placebo patients but this was not the case for patients treated with 5-HTP alone. A positive relationship was demonstrated between mood improvement and degree of platelet MAO inhibition in patients treated with L-deprenil.