Cognition and HPA axis reactivity in mildly to moderately depressed outpatients. A case-control study

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 414-421

  Krogh, Jesper ^a,d   Videbech, Poul ^b   Renvillard, Signe Groth ^b   Garde, Anne Helene ^c   Jørgensen, Martin Balslev ^a   Nordentoft, Merete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^d Mental Health Centre Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognition; Depression; Dexamethasone; Glucocorticoids; Melancholia

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; NEUROBIOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY; OUTPATIENTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA;

EID: 84867880382     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039488.2012.665081     Document Type: Article

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