Reduced prolactin response to fenfluramine challenge in personality disorder patients is not due to deficiency of pituitary lactotrophs

Biol Psychiatry. 1994 Sep 1;36(5):344-6. doi: 10.1016/0006-3223(94)90633-5.

Authors

E F Coccaro¹, H Klar, L J Siever

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Philadelphia 19129.

PMID: 7993962
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(94)90633-5

No abstract available

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adult
Borderline Personality Disorder / diagnosis
Borderline Personality Disorder / physiopathology
Fenfluramine*
Humans
Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / drug effects*
Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Personality Disorders / diagnosis
Personality Disorders / physiopathology*
Pituitary Gland, Anterior / physiopathology
Prolactin / blood*
Thyrotropin / blood
Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone

Substances

Fenfluramine
Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone
Prolactin
Thyrotropin