Diurnal pattern of cortisol output in postnatal depression

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1184-1188

  Taylor, Alyx ^a,b   Glover, Vivette ^a   Marks, Maureen ^b   Kammerer, Martin ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Cortisol awakening response; Depression; HPA axis; Postnatal; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SALIVA LEVEL; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; SALIVA; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 67650665577     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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