Psychoneuroendocrinology of depression: Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 309-323

  Young, E ^a   Korszun, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ENDORPHIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FLUOXETINE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; IMIPRAMINE; LEUPRORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIFEPRISTONE; PAROXETINE; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

AMENORRHEA; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FUNCTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

EID: 0031807514     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0193-953X(05)70007-1     Document Type: Article

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