Chronic imipramine is associated with diminished hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal axis responsivity in healthy humans

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2601-2606

  Michelson, David ^c   Galliven, Elise ^a   Hill, Lauren ^a   Demitrack, Mark ^a,c   Chrousos, George ^b   Gold, Philip ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; IMIPRAMINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS;

EID: 0030833693     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.8.4172     Document Type: Article

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