Cortisol awakening response and hippocampal volume: Vulnerability for major depressive disorder?

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 847-853

  Dedovic, Katarina ^a   Engert, Veronika ^a   Duchesne, Annie ^a   Lue, Sonja Damika ^a   Andrews, Julie ^a   Efanov, Simona I ^a   Beaudry, Thomas ^a   Pruessner, Jens C ^b  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol awakening response; hippocampus; manual segmentation; subclinical depression; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 77957923164     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.07.025     Document Type: Article

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