Corticotropin-releasing hormone inhibits melatonin secretion in healthy volunteers – a potential link to low-melatonin syndrome in depression?

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 284-290

  Kellner, Michael ^a   Yassouridis, Alexander ^a   Manz, Bernhard ^a   Steiger, Axel ^a   Holsboer, Florian ^a   Wiedemann, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroids; Clinical neuroendocrinology; Corticotropin; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Depression; Melatonin; Sleep

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030893616     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127186     Document Type: Article

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