| Literature DB >> 9720981 |
M Takebayashi1, A Kagaya, Y Uchitomi, A Kugaya, M Muraoka, N Yokota, J Horiguchi, S Yamawaki.
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We investigated plasma dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) and cortisol levels in 12 patients with unipolar depression and 11 matched normal controls. The depressed patients showed significantly higher values of plasma DHEAS and cortisol than the controls. After 4 weeks of treatment with antidepressants (mainly clomiplamine), the high plasma DHEAS levels recovered. This finding showed the possible relationship between plasma DHEAS levels and depression, as well as cortisol levels.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9720981 DOI: 10.1007/s007020050077
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neural Transm (Vienna) ISSN: 0300-9564 Impact factor: 3.575