Journal article
Not fade away: the HPA axis and depression.
- Abstract:
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Salivary cortisol sampling has confirmed the presence of increased cortisol secretion in depression and has also revealed that some aspects of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis disturbance have trait-like characteristics that may predict the risk of future illness. Persistent hypersecretion of cortisol in individuals vulnerable to depression also has implications for the medical co-morbidities associated with mood disorder. Pharmacological treatments targeted at the HPA axis represent ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Psychological medicine
- Volume:
- 40
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 1-4
- Publication date:
- 2010-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1469-8978
- ISSN:
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0033-2917
- Source identifiers:
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185889
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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- pubs:185889
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2010
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