Alterations in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal/thyroid (HPA/HPT) axes correlated with the clinical manifestations of depression

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 206-211

  Min, Wenjiao ^a,b   Liu, Chuanxin ^a,c   Yang, Yanchun ^a   Sun, Xiao ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a   Xu, Li ^a   Sun, Xueli ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b No 4 People's Hospital of Chengdu   (China)

^c JINING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Depression; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Hypothalamic pituitary thyroid axis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; RESTLESSNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMATIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84864517963     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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