Deployment-related severe fatigue with depressive symptoms is associated with increased glucocorticoid binding to peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1132-1139

  van Zuiden, Mirjam ^a,b   Geuze, Elbert ^b,c   Maas, Mirjam ^a   Vermetten, Eric ^b,c   Heijnen, Cobi J ^a,d   Kavelaars, Annemieke ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Ministerie van Defensie   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Depression; Glucocorticoid receptor; Stress; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HORMONE BINDING; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); WAR;

EID: 72649083772     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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