Post Doctoral Research Fellow, CSIR, Surgical Research Laboratory and Department of Shalya, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005 (India).
Indian J Psychiatry. 1980 Oct;22(4):375-7.
The present study includes 50 patients suffering from psychological stress disorders like thyrotoxicosis and anxiety neurosis. Biochemical estimation of melatonin was done in all these cases prior to treatment and 3 months after appropriate treatment. A significant increase in the level of melatonin was observed in thyrotoxic and anxiety neurotic cases. In all these cases, after therapy the level of melatonin was found to be within the normal limits. These observations confirm the finding that there is a pineal response to psychic stress.
本研究包括 50 例患有甲状腺机能亢进和焦虑性神经症等心理应激障碍的患者。在这些病例中，所有病例均在治疗前和适当治疗后 3 个月进行了褪黑素的生化评估。在甲状腺机能亢进和焦虑性神经症病例中观察到褪黑素水平显著增加。在所有这些情况下，治疗后发现褪黑素水平均在正常范围内。这些观察结果证实了松果腺对精神应激有反应的发现。
