Adrenal function predicts demoralization after losses

Psychosomatics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 529-534

  Jacobs, Selby ^a   Bruce, Martha ^b   Kim, Kathleen ^b  

^a Yale University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; STRESS;

EID: 0030668553     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3182(97)71397-5     Document Type: Article

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