Seasonal variation of imipramine binding in the blood platelets of normal controls and depressed patients

Ramesh C. Arora*, Herbert Y. Meltzer

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Abstract

Imipramine binding (IB) was studied in the blood platelets from normal controls and depressed patients over a 4-year period (1981-1984) to determine if seasonal variation was present in Bmax or KD. Bimonthly variation in the Bmax of IB was found in normal controls studied longitudinally. No such variation was found when individual values from normal controls were examined on a monthly or seasonal basis. Bmax in depressed patients showed a significant seasonal, but not monthly, variation. KD of IB varied in normal controls using monthly or seasonal data, but not in the probably more reliable bimonthly data. These results suggest that IB studies comparing groups of subjects should match groups for season of the year or, for greater accuracy, month of the year.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)217-226
Number of pages10
JournalBiological psychiatry
Volume23
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 1988

Funding

From the Laboratory of Biological Psychiatry. Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University. School of Medicine, Cleveland. OH. Supported in pat by USPHS Grants MH 30059, MH 41684. and MH 41594 and by the Cleveland Foundation. H.Y.M. is a recipient of USPHS Research Career Scientist Award 47808. Address reprint requests to Dr. R. C. Amm. Laboratory of Biologicrd Psychiatry. Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 2040 Abington Road, Cleveland, OH 44106. Received September 18, 1986; revised April 20, 1987.

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  • Biological Psychiatry

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