Platelet MAO activity in geriatric patients with depression and dementia. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The authors studied platelet MAO activity in psychiatrically hospitalized geriatric patients with depression and dementia. Platelet MAO activity was higher in demented patients with and without depression and in depressed patients with reversible dementia than in nondemented depressed patients. The data suggest that abnormally high platelet MAO activity may reflect a predisposition to the development of a dementia syndrome.

publication date

  • November 1, 1987

Research

keywords

  • Blood Platelets
  • Dementia
  • Depressive Disorder
  • Monoamine Oxidase

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0023501981

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1176/ajp.144.11.1480

PubMed ID

  • 3674232

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 144

issue

  • 11