[Prolactin stimulation test using TRH in affective disorders (72 cases)]

Authors report results of stimulation test of prolactin by T.R.H. in 72 inpatients with affective disorders. They find well known effects of physiological factors (age, sex), and treatments (neuroleptics, lithium, L-Dopa). They did statistical analysis on plasma levels before and after T.R.H. stimulation. This test has no value for differential diagnosis between types of depressions. But it shows particular relation between high levels of prolactin and bipolarity.