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Histamine and Prostaglandins in Schizophrenia: The interrelationship between histamine and
prostaglandins may have some significance in the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia. A
number of observations in the literature suggest that blood levels of histamine and prostaglandin E-1 (PGE-1) move concurrently in response to various agents. Their effects on physiological activity are also similar. Two theories on the etiology of schizophrenia, the histamine theory of Pfeiffer and the prostaglandin theory of Horrobin, may therefore be different sides of the same coin. On the basis of these theories the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia is discussed. All the cofactors used in the treatment of the low histamine type schizophrenic patient are also essential in the production of prostaglandin E-1 from essential fatty acids, which according to Horrobin are lacking in schizophrenia.
Histamine and Prostaglandins in Schizophrenia: The interrelationship between histamine and
prostaglandins may have some significance in the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia. A
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