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Descriptive studies of H-reflex recovery curves in psychiatric patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

John Metz ,
David J. Goode  and
Herbert Y. Meltzer
John Metz*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of ChicagoPritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
David J. Goode
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of ChicagoPritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Herbert Y. Meltzer
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of ChicagoPritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr John Metz, Illinois Mental Health Institutes, 1601 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
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Synopsis

The rate of recovery of the H-reflex, an electrical evoked monosynaptic spinal cord reflex, was abnormally high (fast) in over 20% of unmedicated psychotic patients of all major diagnostic classes. A few patients had significantly lower H-reflex recovery curves. Chronic neuroleptic treatment produced relatively lower recovery curves, whereas fluoxetine, a specific serotonin uptake blocker, produced relatively higher curves.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , August 1980 , pp. 541 - 548
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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