Potential hormonal mechanisms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder: A new perspective

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 465-479

  Martel, Michelle M ^a,b   Klump, Kelly ^b   Nigg, Joel T ^b   Breedlove, S Marc ^b   Sisk, Cheryl L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activational; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); Hormones; Major Depressive Disorder (MDD); Organizational

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; LEUPRORELIN; SEROTONIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; HORMONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRAWING; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEGLECT; NERVE CELL; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HORMONES; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 63449110303     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.02.004     Document Type: Review

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