Desmopressin normalizes the blunted adrenocorticotropin response to corticotropin-releasing hormone in melancholic depression: Evidence of enhanced vasopressinergic responsivity

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2238-2240

  Dinan, Timothy G ^a,b   Lavelle, Ena ^a   Scott, Lucinda V ^a   Newell Price, John ^a   Medbak, Sami ^a   Grossman, Ashley B ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DESMOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 0033304997     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.84.6.5723     Document Type: Article

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