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Clinical Trial
. 1993;112(1 Suppl):S85-9.
doi: 10.1007/BF02245011.

The dopamine-serotonin relationship in clozapine response

S Szymanski  1 , J Lieberman, S Pollack, R Munne, A Safferman, J Kane, M Kronig, T Cooper
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Clinical Trial

The dopamine-serotonin relationship in clozapine response

S Szymanski et al. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 1993.

Abstract

The effects of clozapine on the dopamine and serotonin systems may underlie its atypical pharmacologic and clinical profile. To examine this hypothesis, we measured dopamine and serotonin plasma and cerebrospinal (CSF) metabolites and the relationship of these values to treatment response in 19 neuroleptic refractory and intolerant schizophrenic patients. Only a small change in the CSF and plasma homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA) levels was found. However, the pretreatment CSF HVA/5HIAA ratio and, to a lesser extent, the CSF HVA level predicted treatment response. These results suggest that the modest relationship between HVA and 5-HIAA and treatment response supports the involvement of both neurotransmitters in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.

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