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Niacin skin flush test: a research tool for studying schizophrenia.

Psychiatria Danubina - 1 Mar 2010

Nadalin Sergej, Buretić-Tomljanović Alena, Rubesa Gordana, Tomljanović Drasko, Gudelj Lea

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BACKGROUND: A body of biochemical evidence suggests that abnormal phospholipid metabolism may play a role in the etiology of schizophrenia, and possibly, other psychiatric and neurological diseases. Niacin, a B-complex vitamin, induces prostaglandin synthesis, vasodilatation, and skin flushing when applied as a solution on the skin or taken orally. In schizophrenia, diminished or absent skin response to niacin...

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