High and low neuroticism predict different cortisol responses to the combined dexamethasone-CRH test

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 410-415

  McCleery, Jenny M ^a   Goodwin, Guy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Depression; HPA; Neuroticism; PTSD

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035280243     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(00)01056-8     Document Type: Article

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