Corticotropin-releasing factor, stress, and depression

Neuroscientist

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 186-194

  Heit, Stacey ^a   Owens, Michael J ^a   Plotsky, Paul ^a   Nemeroff, Charles B ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Antidepressants; Depression; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Neuroendocrinology; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042986312     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107385849700300312     Document Type: Review

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