Cortisol Metabolism in Depressed Patients and Healthy Controls

Benedikt Römer,Sabina Lewicka,Daniel Kopf,Florian Lederbogen,Bettina Hamann,Maria Gilles,Claudia Schilling,Vera Onken,Pascal Frankhauser,Michael Deuschle

Cortisol Metabolism in Depressed Patients and Healthy Controls

2009

Benedikt Römer
Sabina Lewicka
Daniel Kopf
Florian Lederbogen
Bettina Hamann
Maria Gilles
Claudia Schilling
Vera Onken
Pascal Frankhauser
Michael Deuschle

Background: Chronic stress as well as major depressive disorders are associated with hypercortisolemia and impaired hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis functioning. The aim o

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Corticosteroid
Hypercortisolemia
Steroid hormone
Internal medicine
Endocrinology
Glucocorticoid
Diabetes mellitus
Major depressive disorder
Chronic stress
Hydrocortisone
Biology
Steroid

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