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Further Light on the Tyramine Test in Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

M. Sandler ,
Susan Bonham Carter ,
M.A. Reveley ,
Vivette Glover  and
Glen Rein
M. Sandler*
Affiliation:
Bernhard Baron Memorial Research Laboratories, and Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, Goldhawk Road, London W6 OXG, U.K.
Susan Bonham Carter
Affiliation:
Bernhard Baron Memorial Research Laboratories, and Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, Goldhawk Road, London W6 OXG, U.K.
M.A. Reveley
Affiliation:
Bernhard Baron Memorial Research Laboratories, and Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, Goldhawk Road, London W6 OXG, U.K.
Vivette Glover
Affiliation:
Bernhard Baron Memorial Research Laboratories, and Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, Goldhawk Road, London W6 OXG, U.K.
Glen Rein
Affiliation:
Bernhard Baron Memorial Research Laboratories, and Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, Goldhawk Road, London W6 OXG, U.K.
*
Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, Goldhawk Road, London W60XG, U.K.
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In studies of post-partum women, the oral tyramine loading test is shown to be of predictive value in identifying those subjects with a lifetime history of depressive illness. The cause of the decreased output of conjugated tyramine, after tyramine ingestion, is still unclear. Some possible mechanisms have been under scrutiny.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , August 1980 , pp. 265 - 266
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1980

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