Low cerebrospinal fluid corticotropin-releasing hormone concentrations in eucortisolemic depression

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 165-174

  Geracioti Jr , Thomas D ^a,c   Loosen, Peter T ^b   Orth, David N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Corticotropin; Corticotropin releasing factor; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Cortisol; Depression atypical depression; Eating; Hypercortisolemia; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AROUSAL; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIET RESTRICTION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INDWELLING CATHETER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNCTURE; REFERENCE VALUE; SMOKING;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AROUSAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUES; SMOKING; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0031205177     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(96)00312-5     Document Type: Article

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