title: Postmortem studies in psychiatry.
abstract: Neurochemical postmortem examination of brain tissue may never be completely replaced as a research tool in psychiatry. This method has already provided support for the hypotheses relating norepinephrine, dopamine, serotonin, peptides, and hemisphere asymmetries to psychiatric syndromes.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000473:pathology; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000473:pathology; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000032:analysis; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000473:pathology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000032:analysis; D004723:Endorphins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008032:Limbic System / Q000032:analysis; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000473:pathology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000032:analysis; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000473:pathology; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000032:analysis; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000473:pathology; D012701:Serotonin / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D013405:Suicide; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004723:Endorphins; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D012701:Serotonin; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D002766:Cholecystokinin; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine