Further light on the tyramine test in depression.
In studies of post-partum women, the oral tyramine loading test is shown to be of predictive value in identifying those subjects with a lifetime history of depressive illness. The cause of the decreased output of conjugated tyramine, after tyramine ingestion, is still unclear. Some possible mechanisms have been under scrutiny.
D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013431:Sulfates / Q000378:metabolism; D014439:Tyramine / Q000378:metabolism
D013431:Sulfates; D014439:Tyramine