Combined therapy of T3, and antidepressants in depression

Since there are some patient groups whos symptoms do not improve despite the fact that the use of the antidepressants will alleviate the symptoms to some extent, we have conducted a TRH test for depression and found that there are not a few cases who show a low TSH response. We therefore used a small amount of T3 together with the antidepressants in these cases and have found that the therapy is useful for improvement of tye symptoms. When the TRH test is made at the time of improvement of the symptoms due to the combined use of these two drugs and compared with the state at pre-treatment, it has been confirmed that the TSH response will go back to normal. Hence, we would like to present here two markedly improved cases due to the combined use of imipramine and clomipramine plus T, and to refer to the result of the TRH test.

An analog data processor for chart records using a multielement photodetector

The apparatus, which is capable of computing the convolution integrals of electrically programmed functions and graphical data in the form of recorder traces, is described. The recorder trace is scanned by means of an optical scanner involving a multielement photodiode array. The signals from the scan head, which correspond to trace positions on the chart, are processed with analog circuits so arranged that the weighted moving average is accomplished. The over-all accuracy of the system, including the long-term drift of analog computing electronics, is better than 0.5%. To demonstrate the performance, spectroscopic data provided with conventional ir spectrophotometers are processed. This simple processor can also be utilized as a function generator or an instrument simulator.