Enhanced cortisol suppression in response to dexamethasone administration in traumatized veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-226

  de Kloet, C S ^a,b   Vermetten, E ^a,b   Heijnen, C J ^c   Geuze, E ^a,b   Lentjes, E G W M ^c   Westenberg, H G M ^b  

^a CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid binding globulin; Cortisol; Dexamethasone suppression test; HPA axis; PTSD; Saliva

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INHIBITION KINETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SALIVA LEVEL; VETERAN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VETERANS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33947126206     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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