Shortened REM latency as a psychobiological marker for psychotic depression? An age-, gender-, and polarity-controlled study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1314-1320

  Stefos, Grigori ^a   Staner, Luc ^b   Kerkhofs, Myriam ^c   Hubain, Philippe ^c   Mendlewicz, Julien ^c   Linkowski, Paul ^c  

^a SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b FORENAP   (France)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dexamethasone; Psychotic depression; REM latency; Sleep electroencephalography; Thyrotropin releasing hormone

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROTIRELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; REM SLEEP; SLEEP;

AGE FACTORS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP, REM; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0032535676     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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