Open AccessStudy on Association Between Lipid Profile Values and Psychiatric Disorders
Author(s) -
Shiny John,
Kavitarati Dharwadkar,
Manjunath V Motagi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/10383.5301
Subject(s) - lipid profile , depression (economics) , psychiatry , neuroticism , cholesterol , association (psychology) , medicine , psychology , psychotherapist , social psychology , personality , economics , macroeconomics
Cholesterol is especially abundant in nervous system, where it plays important role in different aspects of cellular structure (e.g. fluidity of cell membranes) and function (e.g. membrane). Several studies showed that there may be a link between depression and low cholesterol because of altered central serotonergic functions. On the other hand, some studies also showed either no such association or yielded inconsistent results. However, many studies have related low cholesterol with different psychiatric disorders. Hence, we intend to see the possible link between the two.