title: Platelet MAO activity: relationships to clinical and psychometric variables.
abstract: Platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity was measured in a group of hospitalized male psychiatric patients. The findings of this study confirm previous reports of: (1) reduced platelet MAO activity in patients with auditory hallucinations, (2) reduced platelet MAO activity in patients with alcoholism, and (3) a positive correlation between platelet MAO activity and a psychometric index of social introversion.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000201:enzymology; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000201:enzymology; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000201:enzymology*; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D007439:Introversion, Psychological; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000201:enzymology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase / Q000097:blood*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012934:Social Isolation
chemical_list: D008995:Monoamine Oxidase