Hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis and mood

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1051-1055

  Toren, Paz ^b   Dor, Jehoshua ^b   Rehavi, Moshe ^b   Weizman, Abraham ^a  

^a GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b Geha Psychiatric Hospital ^*

Author keywords

estrogen; hypothalamus; mood disorders; ovary; pituitary; progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030588974     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00369-X     Document Type: Review

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