Neuropsychological performance and plasma cortisol, arginine vasopressin and oxytocin in patients with major depression

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-284

  Van Londen, L ^a   Goekoop, J G ^b   Zwinderman, A H ^b   Lanser, J B K ^b   Wiegant, V M ^b   De Wied, D ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VASOPRESSIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; ATTENTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYTOCIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL LEARNING; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0031958797     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797006284     Document Type: Article

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