Plasma HVA in Adults with Mental Retardation and Stereotyped Behavior: Biochemical Evidence for a Dopamine Deficiency Model

Assessment of the neurotransmitter dopamine through measurement of the dopamine metabolite homovanillic acid (HVA) in adult subjects with mental retardation and with high rates of body stereotypy (n=12), compulsive behaviors (n=9), or neither (n=12) found lowest HVA concentrations in the stereotypy...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of mental retardation 1996, Vol.100 (4), p.413-418
1. Verfasser:	Lewis, Mark H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Adults Behavior Patterns Biochemistry Biological and medical sciences Dopamine Dopamine - deficiency Female Homovanillic Acid - blood Humans Intellectual deficiency Intellectual Disability - blood Male Medical sciences Mental Retardation Middle Aged Neurology Obsessive Compulsive Behavior Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Stereotyped Behavior Stereotypy (Psychology)
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Zusammenfassung:	Assessment of the neurotransmitter dopamine through measurement of the dopamine metabolite homovanillic acid (HVA) in adult subjects with mental retardation and with high rates of body stereotypy (n=12), compulsive behaviors (n=9), or neither (n=12) found lowest HVA concentrations in the stereotypy group and highest in the compulsive group. (DB)
ISSN:	0895-8017 1943-362X