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Objective: Patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) showed inconsistencies in their cortisol level, an index of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function. This study examined the relationship between dissociation, childhood trauma, and...
The brainstem area postrema (AP) has been suggested to be one potential site of lithium's action. In order to determine whether the AP, as a central action site of lithium,...
Suicide is a significant public health issue and a major cause of death throughout the world. There are significant evidences that the activity of 3 neurobiological systems has a role...
Majority of sick full term newborns have adequate adrenal cortical function in response to stress. Acutely ill neonates with a basal cortisol level less than 15 microgram/dL (414 nmol/L) suggest...
BACKGROUND: Inhaled glucocorticoids are the medical treatment of choice in asthma patients. Fluticasone propionate is one of the most effective inhaled corticosteroids and has been reported to have minimal effect...
The present study was carried out in order to investigate the relationship between immune function and the activity of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal(HPA) axis in patients with major depression. The subjects were 16...