Phenylethylaminergic mechanisms in attention-deficit disorder

G.B Baker; R.A Bornstein; A.C Rouget; S.E Ashton; J.C van Muyden; R.T Coutts

doi:10.1016/0006-3223(91)90207-3

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Phenylethylaminergic mechanisms in attention-deficit disorder

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Phenylethylaminergic mechanisms in attention-deficit disorder

G.B Baker, R.A Bornstein, A.C Rouget, S.E Ashton, J.C van Muyden and R.T Coutts

Biological psychiatry (1969), Vol.29(1), pp.15-22

01/01/1991

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(91)90207-3

PMID: 2001444

Abstract

Excretion

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Children

Phenylacetic acid

Phenylalanine

Urinary excretion (24-hr) of β-phenylethylamine (PEA), phenylacetic acid (PAA), phenylalanine (Phe), and p-tyrosine (Tyr), and plasma levels of PAA, Phe, and Tyr were examined in 18 normal children and 26 children diagnosed as having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The results indicated that urinary excretion (expressed per g of creatinine) of free and total PEA was significantly lower in the ADHD patients, and plasma levels of Phe and Tyr were also decreased in the ADHD subjects compared with the normal controls.

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Title: Phenylethylaminergic mechanisms in attention-deficit disorder
Creators: G.B Baker - From the PMHAC Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
R.A Bornstein - From the PMHAC Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
A.C Rouget - From the PMHAC Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
S.E Ashton - From the PMHAC Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
J.C van Muyden - From the PMHAC Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
R.T Coutts - From the PMHAC Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Publication Details: Biological psychiatry (1969), Vol.29(1), pp.15-22
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
Academic Unit: Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology; Adelphi University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(91)90207-3
Record Identifier: 991004227167506266