The neuroendocrinology of depression and chronic stress

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 597-617

  Checkley, Stuart ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; METYRAPONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029761144     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011570     Document Type: Review

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