... schizophrenics exhibited an abnormal diurnal variation of the saliva cortisol level. The patients with abnormal diurnal variation gave higher scores for some negative symptoms than those with normal diurnal variation. On the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) of saliva samples, 13 of 34 chronic schizophrenics...

...Clemens Kirschbaum; Dirk H. Hellhammer The measurement of cortisol in saliva provides the basic scientist as well as the clinician with a reliable tool for investigations of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis activity. Since saliva samples can be obtained stress-free and independent from medically...

...S.P. Tyrer; P. Grof; M. Kalvar; B. Shopsin Renal lithium clearance and the serum lithium levels following a single oral loading dose of lithium were used as measures to predict lithium dose requirement during long-term maintenance at 3 different psychiatric centers in North America. Saliva lithium...

... global impression (CGI) scale and a self-rating scale (VAMS). Side effects were recorded, and anticholinergic effect was evaluated by parotid saliva volume measurement. No statistically significant differences in efficacy or profile between the two drugs were demonstrable. With the exception of increased...

... continuous arithmetic addition of single-digit figures for 25 min. The relationship of performance with saliva levels of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (sMHPG) was analyzed. Saliva samples were taken before, during and after test performance, and sMHPG levels determined by gas chromatography-mass...

... concentrations were measured before treatment (day –1), at the beginning of treatment (day 0), after 1 week (day 7) and after 3 weeks (day 21) of treatment with mirtazapine. Saliva samples were collected hourly from 08.00 until 20.00 h. The area under the curve values served as parameter for the salivary...