Plasma norepinephrine and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol concentrations and severity of depression in combat posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-63

  Yehuda, Rachel ^a,b   Siever, Larry J ^a,b   Teicher, Martin H ^c,d   Levengood, Robert A ^a,b   Gerber, Douglas K ^a,b   Schmeidler, James ^a,b   Yang, Ren Kui ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Major depression; Neuroendocrinology catecholamines; Norepinephrine; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SENSITIZATION; WAR;

EID: 0032125196     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)80007-3     Document Type: Article

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