Hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing hormone suppression during the postpartum period: Implications for the increase in psychiatric manifestations at this time

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1912-1917

  Magiakou, Maria Alexandra ^a,c   Mastorakos, George ^a,c   Rabin, Douglas ^a   Dubbert, Billinda ^a   Gold, P W ^b   Chrousos, George P ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 0029998964     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.5.1912     Document Type: Article

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