Adrenal cortical responses to low- and high-dose ACTH1-24 administration in major depressives vs. matched controls

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-50

  Rubin, Robert T ^a,b   Miller, Thomas H ^c   Rhodes, Michael E ^c   Czambel, R Kenneth ^c  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenocortical axis; Major depressive disorder

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN[1-39]; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROHORMONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33744531279     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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