Normal pituitary response to metyrapone in the morning in depressed patients: Implications for circadian regulation of corticotropin-releasing hormone secretion

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1149-1155

  Young, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Lopez, Juan F ^a   Murphy Weinberg, Virginia ^a   Watson, Stanley J ^a   Akil, Huda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Glucocorticoid feedback; Glucocorticoids; HPA axis; Hypercortisolemia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTODOXONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; METYRAPONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; METYRAPONE; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 0031011314     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00291-0     Document Type: Article

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