Major depression and the stress system: A life span perspective

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 565-580

  Meyer, Stephanie E ^a   Chrousos, George P ^b   Gold, Philip W ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; BRAIN; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIFE EVENT; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NOREPINEPHRINE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0035354555     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095457940100308X     Document Type: Review

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