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One possible cause has been thought to be emotional tension 

 which has acted via the hypothalamus on the anterior 

 pituitary, stimulating the production of corticotrophins and 

 adrenocortical steroids resulting in giuconeogenesis from 



Table VI 



Values for Blood and Urinary Constituents in Elderly Normal and 

 Schizophrenic Men During Exton- Rose Glucose Tolerance Test 



♦Statistically significant differences between basal values in the two groups. 

 ♦♦Statistically significant differences between the changes in the 2 or 4 hour values from 



the basal levels between the two groups. 

 N.B. Raised figures represent number of cases. 



protein. In older people, it may be that the elimination of 

 sugar through the kidney and not the production is at fault 

 (Shock, 1946). At any rate, both the factors involved in the 

 psychosis and in ageing result in the maintenance of a reduced 

 sugar tolerance in the elderly psychotic group. 



In the eosinophilic response (Table VI), the normal subjects 

 again have a higher (but not significantly so) initial value. 



