Platelet serotonin concentration in alcoholic subjects

Platelet serotonin and serum lipids in psychotic mania

“…Since sex differences in platelet 5-HT values were observed in healthy persons (Oxenkrug, 1979;Muck-Seler et al, 1996;Muck-Seler et al, 1999;Pivac et al, 2004) and psychiatric patients (Muck-Seler et al, 1996;Muck-Seler et al, 1999: Pivac et al, 2001Pivac et al, 2004), only male subjects participated in our study, while both male and female patients were included in the other studies (Takahashi, 1976;Saxena el al., 1999).…”

Platelet serotonin in combat related posttraumatic stress disorder with psychotic symptoms

“…Platelet 5-HT concentration might be affected by sex, age or seasonality. The effect of sex was excluded with the inclusion of only male subjects; the possible effect of age on platelet 5-HT content was 6 6 neglected as no significant relation between age and platelet 5-HT was found in healthy (Muck-Seler et al, 1996b;Pivac et al, 2001;Pivac et al, 2004b) or PTSD (present study) subjects, and the possible seasonal influence on platelet 5-HT parameters (Jakovljevic et al, 1997) was avoided since war veterans and healthy controls were sampled in the same season.…”

“…Platelet 5-HT concentrations were determined by the spectrofluorimetric method, as described before (Pivac et al, 2004b). Platelet protein was determined by the method of Lowry et al (1951).…”

Platelet serotonin concentration and suicidal behavior in combat related posttraumatic stress disorder

“…Smoking does not affect platelet 5-HT concentration in healthy subjects (Pivac et al, 2004) or in patients (present study), hence the data from smokers and nonsmokers were collapsed.…”

“…Alcohol abuse can lower platelet 5-HT concentration (Pivac et al, 2004), and therefore we excluded patients with alcohol dependence, past or current alcohol or other substance abuse within 3 months. Although seasonality does not have any significant impact on platelet 5-HT concentration Pivac et al, 2003), patients and comparative subjects were sampled consecutively in the same recruitment period.…”