Platelet monoamine uptake in depression—a primary or secondary phenomenon?

Platelet monoamine uptake in depression — primary or secondary phenomenon?

“…The difficulty with interpreting changes noted is their relationship to central receptor function. Professor Turner has rightly drawn attention to this dilemma when he suggested that perhaps the decrease in V, , , of platelet serotonin uptake in depression is related to excessive cortisol secretion also observed in that disorder (Turner, 1986). He cites recent pharmacological evidence to show that this maybe the case.…”