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Salivary and Blood Pressure Responses to Methacholine in Depressive Illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Brian Davies  and
George Palmai
Brian Davies
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne; The Bethlem Royal Hospital and The Maudsley Hospital
George Palmai
Affiliation:
The Bethlem Royal Hospital and The Maudsley Hospital
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Many attempts have been made to measure some of the changes in various bodily functions that occur during the course of a depressive illness. These changes (and their responses to drugs) have been used in investigations that try to correlate such changes with the clinical syndromes of “endogenous” and “reactive” depressions (10). No reliable and valid correlations have, however, yet been found (4, 5).

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 110 , Issue 467 , July 1964 , pp. 594 - 598
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1964 

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