title: Serotonin uptake by blood platelets of acute schizophrenic patients.
abstract: Active uptake of serotonin by blood platelets of acute schizophrenic patients has been compared to that of a control group. Preliminary results presented in this article indicate that the uptake of the schizophrenic patients was about 40% lower than that of controls. Patients were followed over a period of 5 weeks with no significant change in uptake.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000097:blood*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000097:blood*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin