The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system in depression

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-13

  Heuser, Isabella ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AGING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RECEPTOR BINDING; SYMPTOM; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0031612907     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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