Neuroendocrine (HPA axis) and clinical correlates during fluvoxamine and amitriptyline treatment

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 133, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 281-284

  Rota, Eugenia ^a   Broda, Roberta ^b   Cangemi, Luigi ^a   Migliaretti, Giuseppe ^a   Paccotti, Piero ^a   Rosso, Carlo ^a   Torre, Eugenio ^b   Zeppegno, Patrizia ^b   Portaleone, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone); Depression; HPA axis; SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor); TCA (tricyclic antidepressant)

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CORTICOTROPIN; FLUVOXAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 14644439831     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2003.12.030     Document Type: Article

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