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The Association of the Serotonin Metabolite, 5-HIAA, to the Lysosomal Enzyme N Acetyl-β-Glucosaminidase
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The Association of the Serotonin Metabolite, 5-HIAA, to the Lysosomal Enzyme N Acetyl-β-Glucosaminidase

Michael J Garvey, Russell Noyes, Catherine Woodman and Cindy Laukes
Neuropsychobiology, Vol.32(2), pp.75-78
1995
DOI: 10.1159/000119217
PMID: 7477804

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Abstract

Twenty-one medication-free patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) collected urine samples for 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) and N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase (NAG). Nine patients with no comorbid psychiatric diagnosis showed a significant association between 5-HIAA and NAG, r = –0.683, p = 0.04. The possibility that NAG could be a marker for serotonin metabolism is discussed.
Biological Psychiatry

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