title: Effect of peripheral decarboxylase inhibition on HVA and 5HIAA in cerebrospinal fluid of depressed patients.
abstract: The effects of benserazide on the level of homovanillic acid and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid in CSF have been investigated in 1 manic and 11 depressed patients. Benserazide induced no change on both metabolites. This negative result supports the view that monoamine metabolites in CSF, in the absence of loading with an exogenous precursor, originate mostly from brain parenchyma, without significant contribution of the metabolism in capillary walls.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001545:Benserazide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003863:Depression / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006719:Homovanillic Acid / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D006801:Humans; D006834:Hydrazines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010648:Phenylacetates / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*
chemical_list: D006834:Hydrazines; D010648:Phenylacetates; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D001545:Benserazide; D006719:Homovanillic Acid