Posted by notfred on April 14, 2007, at 18:19:37
In reply to Re: Urine Test to Measure Neurotransmitter Levels » notfred, posted by Phillipa on April 14, 2007, at 11:24:37
> Sad but true there really are no test that are affordable are there notfred? Love Phillipa
Only recently are there radioactive tracers for some of the NTs, so they can be measured in the CNS. Very experimental. But we don't have any idea what levels should be. Theories of NT depletion are 50 yrs old and flawed. So knowing the levels of NTs in the CNS is not, presently, useful info for treatment. Till we have models that explain mental illness coming up with tests is hard.
The cold hard fact is the CNS is the most complex
system system in the body so we are slower to understand it.
Urine tests to measure neurotransmitter levels
are used in people who have metabolic disorders.
, not mental illness.Here is what Lar had to say:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20050504/msgs/493917.html
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