Cortisol feedback effects on plasma corticotropin levels in healthy subjects

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-176

  Posener, Joel A ^a,b,c,d   Schildkraut, J J ^c,d   Williams, G H ^b,d   Schatzberg, A F ^a,d,e  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin; Depression; Feedback; Glucocorticoids; Hydrocortisone; Pituitary adrenal system

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEROID THERAPY;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030737633     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(96)00046-7     Document Type: Article

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