Hormonal evidence for altered responsiveness to social stress in major depression

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 411-418

  Young, Elizabeth A ^a   Lopez, Juan F ^a   Murphy Weinberg, Virginia ^a   Watson, Stanley J ^a   Akil, Huda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cortisol; Depression; Glucocorticoid feedback; HPA axis; Stress

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033828171     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-133X(00)00129-9     Document Type: Article

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