title: Phenylacetic acid in CSF and serum in Indian schizophrenic patients.
abstract: 1. It has been proposed that an increase in the concentration of the neuromodulator phenylethylamine at the post-synaptic dopamine receptor may be involved in the etiology of schizophrenia. If this increase is the case, a reduction in the CSF and/or serum concentrations of phenylacetic acid, its major metabolite, might be anticipated. 2. The authors have found in hospitalized Indian schizophrenic patients ingesting antipsychotic drugs, that the paranoid subgroup did indeed exhibit lower levels of unconjugated, conjugated and total phenylacetic acid in both serum and CSF.
authors.affiliation: Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shrikhande
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Paralikar
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Durden
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Boulton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D010648:Phenylacetates / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000378:metabolism*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000378:metabolism*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010648:Phenylacetates; C025136:phenylacetic acid