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Blood Pressure and Cerebrospinal Fluid Norepinephrine in Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Jeffrey R. Strawn, BS, Nosakhare N. Ekhator, MS, Paul S. Horn, PhD, Dewleen G. Baker, MD and Thomas D. Geracioti, Jr., MD

From the Department of Psychiatry (J.R.S., N.N.E., D.G.B., T.D.G.), College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; the Psychiatry Service (J.R.S., N.N.E., D.G.B., T.D.G., P.S.H.), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; and the Department of Mathematical Sciences (P.S.H.), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.



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  		Figure 1. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) norepinephrine is significantly correlated with diastolic blood pressure in healthy men (A) but not in patients with chronic, combat-related PTSD (B). Points represent the mean of each individual’s CSF norepinephrine concentrations and blood pressures obtained over a period of 6 h.

 




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