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A Neuroendocrine Study of Stereotactic Sub-Caudate Tractotomy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 January 2018
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The growth hormone and hypotensive responses to clonidine have been measured in six drug free severely depressed patients before, and at two weeks after, the surgical procedure of stereotactic sub-caudate tractotomy. The responses were unaltered two weeks after operation, by which time a small clinical improvement was evident. These findings are discussed in relation to central a adrenoceptor functions in depression, and the effect upon this of antidepressant treatment.
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