[Characteristics of immunologic and neuro-hormonal status in patients with neuroses].

More than 3500 neurotic patients have been examined with emphasis on their immune status and functioning of the sympathoadrenal system (SAS) (determination of adrenaline, noradrenaline, dopamine and L-DOPA excretion in terms of their daily biorhythm). The comparison of the immune and neurohormonal data of neurotic patients indicated an obvious relation between the immune status and the type of SAS functioning. The high-risk group comprises patients with the adrenaline type of SAS functioning and pronounced adrenaline and noradrenaline hypersecretion, SAS hypofunction, and imbalance between the hormone-mediated and immunologic characteristics.

[The L-DOPA test in patients with obsessive fear neurosis].

Three groups of patients with morbid fear neurosis, dissimilar in prevailing of either adrenaline or noradrenaline excretion, were identified using the complex method of sympathoadrenal system (SAS) examination. The test with 0.1 g L-DOPA loading demonstrated the high rate of synthesis and high reactivity of SAS in the first two groups with the adrenal type of SAS functioning as well as an increased hydroxylation in the course of synthesis of catecholamines.