On the role of menopause for sleep-endocrine alterations associated with major depression

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 401-418

  Antonijevic, I A ^a,b   Murck, H ^a,c   Frieboes, R M ^a,d   Uhr, M ^a   Steiger, A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^c Lichtwer Pharma AG   (Germany)

^d MdK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortisol; HPA axis; Major depression; Menopause; Sleep EEG

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENOPAUSE; NIGHT; NONREM SLEEP; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

EID: 0037387378     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(02)00031-8     Document Type: Article

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