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Erythrocyte membrane cation carrier in depressive illness1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

G. J. Naylor ,
D. A. T. Dick ,
E. G. Dick ,
D. Le Poidevin  and
S. F. Whyte
G. J. Naylor*
Affiliation:
From the Departments of Psychiatry and Anatomy, University of Dundee
D. A. T. Dick
Affiliation:
From the Departments of Psychiatry and Anatomy, University of Dundee
E. G. Dick
Affiliation:
From the Departments of Psychiatry and Anatomy, University of Dundee
D. Le Poidevin
Affiliation:
From the Departments of Psychiatry and Anatomy, University of Dundee
S. F. Whyte
Affiliation:
From the Departments of Psychiatry and Anatomy, University of Dundee
*
2 Address for correspondence: Dr. G. J. Naylor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN.
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Synopsis

Erythrocyte sodium concentration, potassium concentration, Na-K ATPase activity, and ouabain sensitive potassium influx were determined in female inpatients suffering from a depressive illness. In most patients the biochemical values were also determined shortly before the patient's discharge from hospital. The Na-K ATPase and the ouabain sensitive potassium influx increased significantly with improvement in the depressive mood rating.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , November 1973 , pp. 502 - 508
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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Footnotes

1

These studies were supported by a grant to G.J.N. and D.A.T.D. by the Scottish Hospitals Endowment Research Trust.

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