Short telomeres in depression and the general population are associated with a hypocortisolemic state

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 294-300

  Wikgren, Mikael ^a   Maripuu, Martin ^a   Karlsson, Thomas ^b   Nordfjll, Katarina ^a   Bergdahl, Jan ^a   Hultdin, Johan ^a   Del Favero, Jurgen ^c,d   Roos, Gran ^a   Nilsson, Lars Gran ^e   Adolfsson, Rolf ^a   Norrback, Karl Fredrik ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Department of Molecular Genetics   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cortisol; hypocortisolism; hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; major depressive disorder; stress; telomere length

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORDERS OF STEROID METABOLISM; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCORTISOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STRESS; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 84856019753     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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