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Electrooculographic (EOG) findings in manic‐depressive illness
Author(s) -
Economou S. G.,
Stefanis C. N.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1979.tb03583.x
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , dopamine , psychiatry , psychology , mania , bipolar disorder , medicine , mood , economics , macroeconomics
An electooculographic (EOG) study was carried out in 20 depressed (12 with retarded and eight with agitated depression) and in 12 manic patients. Compared with controls, EOG ratios obtained from our patients' groups deffered significantly and were low in depressive and high in manic patients. Appropriate treatment (tricylics to depressives and halogperidol to manics) Restored EOG ration values to contol levels. The observed EOG changes in manic depressive illness are discusssed in terms of their origin and the involvement of a neuroendocrine, dopamine‐controlled, mechanism is postulated.