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Mood and Whole Blood Adenosine Triphosphate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

F. A. Jenner ,
Dimitrios N. Vlissides ,
Patricia Kenyon ,
N. Chard  and
L. Grant
F. A. Jenner
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield; and Hon. Director of the Medical Research Council Unit for Metabolic Studies in Psychiatry
Dimitrios N. Vlissides
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield; and Hon. Director of the Medical Research Council Unit for Metabolic Studies in Psychiatry
Patricia Kenyon
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield; and Hon. Director of the Medical Research Council Unit for Metabolic Studies in Psychiatry
N. Chard
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield; and Hon. Director of the Medical Research Council Unit for Metabolic Studies in Psychiatry
L. Grant
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Unit for Metabolic Studies in Psychiatry, University Department of Psychiatry, Middlewood Hospital, P.O. Box 134, Sheffield, S6 1TP
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Summary

The claim of Hansen (1969) and Hansen and Dimitrakoudi (1974) that whole blood adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels correlate with depressed affect was examined. The findings from 84 patients failed to confirm any relationship between mood and whole blood ATP. One patient showing the highest correlation (r = 0·85; p < 0.001) between the ATP levels and mood in the original report was re-examined; no relationship was now found (r = −0·25; p > 0·1).

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 127 , Issue 5 , November 1975 , pp. 478 - 481
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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