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Urinary Cyclic AMP in the Switch Process from Depression to Mania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. P. Hullin ,
J. G. Salway ,
M. N. E. Allsopp ,
Janet D. M. Albano ,
G. Dawn Barnes  and
B. L. Brown
R. P. Hullin
Affiliation:
Regional Metabolic Research Unit, High Royds Hospital
J. G. Salway
Affiliation:
Biochemistry Department, University of Leeds, 9 Hyde Terrace, Leeds, LS2 9LS
M. N. E. Allsopp
Affiliation:
Biochemistry Department, University of Leeds, 9 Hyde Terrace, Leeds, LS2 9LS
Janet D. M. Albano
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, W1N 7RL
G. Dawn Barnes
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, W1N 7RL
B. L. Brown
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, W1N 7RL
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Various reports have suggested that the urinary excretion of adenosine cyclic 3'5’ monophosphate (cyclic AMP) is increased in mania and decreased in depression. However, our own serial studies from short-cycle bipolar manic-depressive patients showed no correlation between mood and cyclic AMP excretion (2). Jenner et al. (4) confirmed our findings, except in the case of a patient with a regular 48-hour mood cycle who did show a correlation between his mood changes and changes in cyclic AMP excretion. Paul et al. (5) also reported a general lack of correlation between these variables, but found a transient increase of urinary cyclic AMP during the rapid switch from depression to mania. We have investigated the situation in a bipolar patient who shows such a rapid switch in mood but have been unable to demonstrate any increase in cyclic AMP excretion during the switch period.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 125 , Issue 588 , November 1974 , pp. 457 - 458
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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