Brain hypoactivation, autonomic nervous system dysregulation, and gonadal hormones in depression: A preliminary study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 514, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-61

  Holsen, Laura M ^a,b,c   Lee, Jong Hwan ^d   Spaeth, Sarah B ^a   Ogden, Lauren A ^a   Klibanski, Anne ^c,e   Whitfield Gabrieli, Susan ^e,f   Sloan, Richard P ^g,h   Goldstein, Jill M ^a,b,c,e  

^a Women's Health Sciences Division   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

^h NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Estrogen; HPG axis; Mood disorders; Progesterone; Sympathovagal balance

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SERTRALINE; SEX HORMONE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DYSREGULATION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BRAIN HYPOACTIVATION; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; HEART RATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; NEUROMODULATION; ORBITAL CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REMISSION; STRESS;

ADULT; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 84862793563     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.02.056     Document Type: Article

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