| Literature DB >> 11532382 |
R Shiloh1, A Weizman, Y Epstein, S L Rosenberg, A Valevski, P Dorfman-Etrog, N Wiezer, N Katz, H Munitz, H Hermesh.
Abstract
Schizophrenia patients may develop various thermoregulatory disturbances. We hypothesized that a standardized exercise-heat tolerance test [two 50-min bouts of walking a motor-driven treadmill at 40 degrees C (relative humidity=40%)] would reveal abnormal thermoregulation in drug-free schizophrenia patients. Six drug-free schizophrenia outpatients and seven healthy comparison subjects participated in this study. The schizophrenia patients exhibited significantly higher baseline and exertion-related rectal temperature. The relevance of these findings to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia-related thermoregulatory disorders is as yet unclear.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11532382 DOI: 10.1016/s0924-977x(01)00096-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur Neuropsychopharmacol ISSN: 0924-977X Impact factor: 4.600