New insights into the role of cortisol and the glucocorticoid receptor in severe depression

Biol Psychiatry. 2002 Sep 1;52(5):381-5. doi: 10.1016/s0006-3223(02)01480-4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Amygdala / metabolism
  • Amygdala / physiopathology
  • Antidepressive Agents / pharmacology
  • Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Depressive Disorder / drug therapy
  • Depressive Disorder / metabolism*
  • Depressive Disorder / physiopathology
  • Hippocampus / metabolism
  • Hippocampus / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Hydrocortisone / metabolism*
  • Hypothalamus / metabolism
  • Hypothalamus / physiopathology
  • Mifepristone / pharmacology
  • Mifepristone / therapeutic use
  • Prefrontal Cortex / metabolism
  • Prefrontal Cortex / physiopathology
  • Receptors, Glucocorticoid / metabolism*

Substances

  • Antidepressive Agents
  • Receptors, Glucocorticoid
  • Mifepristone
  • Hydrocortisone