The hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis, glucocorticoid receptor function and relevance to depression;O eixo hipotálamo-pituitária-adrenal, a função dos receptores de glicocorticóides e sua importância na depressão

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-201

  Juruena, Mario Francisco ^a   Cleare, Anthony J ^a   Pariante, Carmine M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidepressive agents; Cytokines; Depression; Hidrocortisone; Hypothalamus; Neuroendocrinology; Psychoneuroimmunology; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARRIER PROTEIN; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DESIPRAMINE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUOXETINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN P; HYDROCORTISONE; PAROXETINE; STEROID; VERAPAMIL;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MOOD DISORDER; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PUBLICATION; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 4644353742     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-44462004000300009     Document Type: Review

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