Levels and variability of daily life cortisol secretion in major depression

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Peeters, Frenk ^a   Nicolson, Nancy A ^a   Berkhof, Johannes ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depressive disorder; Dysregulation; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Outpatients; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 1842735527     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2003.12.010     Document Type: Article

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