Morning and evening plasma melatonin and dexamethasone suppression test in patients with nonseasonal major depressive disorder from northern Greece (latitude 40-41.5°)

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 113-117

  Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N ^a,c   Karamouzis, M ^a   Iacovides, A ^a   Nimatoudis, J ^a   Diakogiannis, J ^a   Kaprinis, G ^a   Demitriadou, A ^a   Bech, P ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b FREDERIKSBORG GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Depression; Dexamethasone suppression test; Melancholia; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GREECE; HAMILTON SCALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NIGHT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RESTLESSNESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STUDENT T TEST; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035741996     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054928     Document Type: Article

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