Differential patterns of HPA activity and reactivity in adult posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 184-205

  Handwerger, Kathryn ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dexamethasone suppression test; HPA; Major depressive disorder; Neuroendocrinology; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; EFFECT SIZE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL STRESS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADULT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION TESTS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DEXAMETHASONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 69249209982     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220902996775     Document Type: Review

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