Journal article
Nocturnal melatonin and cortisol secretion in newly admitted psychiatric inpatients
Abstract
Melatonin secretion has been suggested as a marker of both circadian and noradrenergic dysfunction in affective disorders. Seventy-two newly admitted psychiatric inpatients [49 with major depressive disorder (MDD), 12 with schizophrenia, and 11 with intermittent depressive disorder (IDD)] underwent neuroendocrine screening at 0200, 0800, 1600 and 2300 hours prior to and the day following dexamethasone administration. All groups showed a drop in …
Authors
Steiner M; Brown GM; Goldman S
Journal
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, Vol. 240, No. 1, pp. 21–27
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
September 1990
DOI
10.1007/bf02190088
ISSN
0940-1334