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Salivation in affective disorders1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Tom G. Bolwig
Affiliation:
From the Psychochemistry Institute, University of Copenhagen, School of Medicine, Denmark
Ole J. Rafaelsen
Affiliation:
From the Psychochemistry Institute, University of Copenhagen, School of Medicine, Denmark

Synopsis

Spontaneous and metacholine-stimulated salivation rates were measured in endogenous depression, symptomatic depression, mania, and healthy controls. In manic-depressive patients concentrations of salivary electrolytes were measured. Salivation rates were decreased in untreated endogenous depression and mania. After remission by ECT but not by drug treatment flow rates increased towards normal values. Estimations of electrolytes revealed no specific pattern of excretion in manic-depressive patients.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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