Enhanced suppression of adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisol responses to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function and thyrotropin-releasing hormone tests after stressful life events in patients with major depressive disorder

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-27

  Hikichi, Takatoshi ^a   Akiyoshi, Jotaro ^a   Ichioka, Shugo ^a   Tanaka, Yoshihiro ^a   Tsuru, Jusen ^a   Goto, Shinjirou ^a   Matsushita, Hirotaka ^a   Hanada, Hiroaki ^a   Isogawa, Koichi ^a   Nagayama, Haruo ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological marker; Depression; Dexamethasone corticotropin releasing hormone test; Stressful life event; Thyrotropin releasing hormone test

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PROTIRELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL FUNCTION TESTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34347263392     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103572     Document Type: Article

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