title: Urinary excretion of metabolites of norepinephrine in Tourette's syndrome.
abstract: Urinary excretion of the norepinephrine metabolites 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylene glycol (MHPG) and normetanephrine (NMR) was measured in Tourette's Syndrome (TS) patients and in control subjects matched for age and education. The 24-h excretion (expressed per gram of creatinine) of total MHPG and of free and total (free + conjugated) NME was significantly lower in TS patients than in the normal subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bornstein
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Douglass
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008734:Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol / Q000652:urine; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000652:urine*; D009647:Normetanephrine / Q000652:urine; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000652:urine*
chemical_list: D009647:Normetanephrine; D008734:Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol; D009638:Norepinephrine