Psychoneuroendocrinological contributions to the etiology of depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and stress-related bodily disorders: The role of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis

Biological Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 141-152

  Ehlert, Ulrike ^a   Gaab, Jens ^a   Heinrichs, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Depression; HPA axis; Hypercortisolism; Hypocortisolism; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Stress related disorders

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ORGANIC PSYCHOSYNDROME; PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

AROUSAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0034947229     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(01)00092-8     Document Type: Article

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