Radioimmunoassay of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) in cerebrospinal fluid, plasma, and serum.

Human a , - microglobulin levels in various body fluids

a,-Microglobulin levels in serum and urine were estimated by using single radial immunodiffusion, resulting in the following mean values: umbilical cord blood serum, 40*6 mg/I; normal adult serum, 44-2 mg/I; and normal urine, 5 7 mg/24 h urine volume. Slightly higher levels of serum a1-microglobulin were found in infants and the aged. Serum and urine a,-microglobulin levels in patients with ren...

Estimation of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) level in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with intracranial or spinal lesions.

Is there any Correlation between Cerebrospinal Fluid and Serum C-reactive Protein in Neonates Suspected to Meningitis?

Background: Meningitis is a common life threatening infection in neonatal period. Diagnostic value of CSF-CRP level in bacterial meningitis in children and adults has been studied worldwide, but there are limited studies on CSF-CRP in neonatal meningitis. This study conducted to assess any relation between CSF-CRP and plasma CRP levels and abnormal CSF findings in neonates suspected to meningit...

Tryptophan, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid and indoleacetic acid in human cerebrospinal fluid: interrelationships and the influence of age, sex, epilepsy and anticonvulsant drugs.

Tryptophan, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid and indoleacetic acid were measured in cerebrospinal fluid, taken during pneumoencephalography, from a large series of patients, the majority of whom were epileptics, most of them receiving anticonvulsants. CSF indoleacetic acid reflects CNS tyrptamine metabolism in the same way that CSF 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid reflects CNS 5-hydroxytryptamine metabolis...

Serotonergic dysfunction and aggression control

In the early seventies we reported the occurrence of diminished post-probenecid accumulation of 5hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in depression (van Praag el al. 1970; van Praag & Korf, 1971). Lowered baseline and post-probenecid 5-HIAA levels in CSF are an indication of diminished metabolism of the mother amine serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5HT) in the CNS. Low ...