1995
Cerebrospinal Fluid Biogenic Amines in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Tourette's Syndrome, and Healthy Controls
Leckman J, Goodman W, Anderson G, Riddle M, Chappell P, McSwiggan-Hardin M, McDougle C, Scahill L, Ort S, Pauls D, Cohen D, Price L. Cerebrospinal Fluid Biogenic Amines in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Tourette's Syndrome, and Healthy Controls. Neuropsychopharmacology 1995, 12: 73-86. PMID: 7766289, DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1380241.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderTourette syndromeHealthy controlsOCD patientsTS patientsHomovanillic acidCerebrospinal fluidCerebrospinal fluid biogenic aminesMedication-free OCD patientsPathobiology of TSCSF HVA levelsCompulsive disorderLumbar cerebrospinal fluidConcentrations of tyrosineHVA levelsCSF norepinephrineNoradrenergic mechanismsSerotonergic mechanismsCSF MHPGSerotonergic systemHealthy subjectsHealthy volunteersNormal volunteersPatientsSyndrome
1994
Elevated Cerebrospinal Fluid Levels of Oxytocin in Obsessive-compulsive Disorder: Comparison With Tourette's Syndrome and Healthy Controls
Leckman J, Goodman W, North W, Chappell P, Price L, Pauls D, Anderson G, Riddle M, McSwiggan-Hardin M, McDougle C, Barr L, Cohen D. Elevated Cerebrospinal Fluid Levels of Oxytocin in Obsessive-compulsive Disorder: Comparison With Tourette's Syndrome and Healthy Controls. JAMA Psychiatry 1994, 51: 782-792. PMID: 7524462, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1994.03950100030003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebrospinal fluid levelsObsessive-compulsive disorderCSF oxytocin levelsTourette syndromeArginine vasopressinFamily historyFluid levelsElevated cerebrospinal fluid levelsTic-related obsessive-compulsive disorderOxytocin levelsSubgroup of patientsSubset of patientsElevated CSF levelsCentral arginine vasopressinSubtype of OCDCSF levelsFamily genetic dataHealthy controlsTic disordersForms of OCDPatientsRelated syndromesCurrent severitySyndromeFamily study data