The Effect of Reserpine Administration on Vanillylmandelic Acid Excretion in Man

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that the acute and schizophrenic males ( 1,2 ) . This finding is administration of reserpine in man is as-consistent with those in animal studies which sociated with an increase in the urinary ex-show that acute reserpine administration incretion of 3methoxy-4-hydroxymandelic acid duces a depletion of catecholamines in all (vanilIylmandelic acid, VMA) in both normal body tissues (3, 4) and an increase in (blood