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Glucocorticoid Receptor Function<i>In Vitro</i>in Patients with Major Depression
1 Dec 2004
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Clinical studies have demonstrated an impairment of glucocorticoid receptor (GR)-mediated negative feedback on the hypothalamic--pituitary--adrenal (HPA) axis in patients with major depression (GR resistance), and its resolution by antidepressant treatment. Interestingly, a number of studies have also demonstrated that GR function is reduced in vitro, in peripheral tissues of depressed patients, as shown by a...
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