.... Method: Sixty-nine individuals with a recent suicide attempt ( n = 37 females; n = 32 males) were recruited and subjected to the Dexamethasone Suppression Test (DST), lumbar puncture, and evaluation with the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale from which the Brief Scale for Anxiety (BSA...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Depression Dexamethasone suppression test HPA axis Adrenoreceptors Genetic polymorphism Gene-gender effects Original Paper Neuropsychobiology 2008;58:154 162 DOI: 10.1159/000182891 Received: March 18, 2008 Accepted after...

...V.S. Wahby; G.A. Ibrahim; E.L. Giller; F.W. Saddik; J.W. Mason; J.R. Adams A dexamethasone suppression test (DST) was performed on 8 schizoaffective depressed men. Cross-sectional comparisons were made with three groups: schizophrenics (n = 10), unipolar major depressives (n = 23) and healthy...

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...S.T. O’Keeffe; J.G. Devlin It has been suggested that delirium in the elderly is caused by abnormally high levels of circulating glucocorticoids or by an increased vulnerability to their effects. We performed a dexamethasone suppression test (DST) in 16 consecutive patients without depression...

...Palmiero Monteleone; Aurelio Piccolo; Maurizio Martino; Mario Maj To evaluate seasonal influences on the dexamethasone suppression test (DST), cortisol and melatonin responses to dexamethasone were assessed in drug-treated chronic schizophrenics and in drug-free healthy volunteers in different...

...Nela Pivac; Dorotea Mück-Šeler; Miro Jakovljević Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity and platelet 5-HT concentrations were determined before dexamethasone suppression test (DST) in 80 male schizophrenic patients with predominantly positive or negative symptoms. Significant...

.... Depression Adrenocorticotropic hormone Dexamethasone suppression test Corticotropin-releasing hormone test Biological Psychiatry Original Paper Neuropsychobioiogy 1994;29:168-173 Michael Maes* b Herbert Meltzer3 Pierre Blockxc Paul Cosynsb Joseph Calabresea Department of Psychiatry, University...

... of the dexamethasone suppression test (DST). Subjects were 16 male chronic schizophrenics consisting of 8 DST suppressors and 8 nonsuppressors. All the patients were orally given the 5HT precursor, L -5-hydroxytryptophan ( L -5HTP, 3 mg/kg) and the α 2 -adrenergic agonist, clonidine (3 μg/kg), and the concentrations...

... schizophrenics exhibited an abnormal diurnal variation of the saliva cortisol level. The patients with abnormal diurnal variation gave higher scores for some negative symptoms than those with normal diurnal variation. On the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) of saliva samples, 13 of 34 chronic schizophrenics...

... and medically healthy at the time of experimentation. We found a significant correlation between the CD4/CD8 ratio and the Hamilton Anxiety Score (r = 0.57, p < 0.005). When splitting our sample in dexamethasone suppression test suppressors (DST-S) and nonsuppressors (DST-NS), this relationship appeared only...

... = 0.013, d.f. = 102, NS). Men had significantly higher levels than women in both groups. There was no significant difference in plasma MHPG levels among any DSM-III-R diagnostic subgroups of depressives or between patients who were suppressors on the dexamethasone suppression test and those who were...

... Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis Steroid hormones Stress Immunoassay Dexamethasone suppression test Corticotropin-releasing hormone challenge Biological Psychology/Pharmacopsychology Neuropsychobiology 1989;22:150-169 © 1989 S. Karger AG. Basel 0302-282X/89/0223-0! 50S2.75/0 Salivary Cortisol...

... to in the content or advertisements. Sleep deprivation Depression Dexamethasone suppression test Neuropsychobiology 19: 73-78 (1988) © 1988 S. Karger AG, Basel 0302-282X/88/0192-0073S2.75/0 Serial Partial Sleep Deprivation in Depression Clinical Effects and Dexamethasone Suppression Test Results E...

... the influence of the dexamethasone levels in the results of the dexamethasone suppression test (DST). To this end we administered the DST to 48 controls and 115 depressed inpatients categorized according to DSM-III. The 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. dexamethasone levels were determined in 100 subjects. We found that an 8...

...Marc Ansseau; Remy Von Frenckell; Georges Franck; Vincent Geenen; Jean-Jacques Legros In 42 major depressive inpatients, we analyzed the relationship between dexamethasone suppression test (DST) results and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) scales. Cortisol levels following DST...

...J. Mendlewicz; P.P. Hubain; C. Koumakis The authors have studied the performances of the Dexamethasone Suppression Test (DST) in 107 hospitalized patients diagnosed according to the Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC) and Feighner’s criteria. The best performances of the DST are obtained...

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...Mario Maj; Grazia Ariano; Francesco Arena; Dargut Kemali Plasma cortisol, catecholamine and cyclic AMP levels, response to dexamethasone suppression test and platelet MAO activity have been determined in 15 patients suffering from bipolar affective psychosis, each examined during a depressive...

...Juan José López-Ibor, Jr.; Jerónimo Saiz-Ruiz; José Carlos Perez De los Cobos 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) and cortisol in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), response of the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) and the clinical response to treatment with 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTp) plus carbidopa...