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Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone and the Proopiomelanocortin-Derived Peptides in Depression

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A wide range of abnormalities of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis have been described in depressed subjects. This chapter reviews these abnormalities and attempts to synthesise them into a testable hypothesis.

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  1. Anatomy Department, Glasgow University, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK

    B. G. Charlton

  2. MRC Neurochemical Pathology Unit, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 6 BE, UK

    I. N. Ferrier

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  1. College of Medicine, University of California at Irvine, 92717, Irvine, CA, USA

    W. E. Bunney Jr. M. D. (Professor of Psychiatry) (Professor of Psychiatry)

  2. Psychiatrische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität München, Nußbaumstraße 7, 8000, München 2, Germany

    Hanns Hippius  & Gregor Laakmann  & 

  3. Bezirkskrankenhaus Augsburg, Dr.-Mack-Straße 1, 8900, Augsburg, Germany

    Max Schmauss

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Charlton, B.G., Ferrier, I.N. (1990). Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone and the Proopiomelanocortin-Derived Peptides in Depression. In: Bunney, W.E., Hippius, H., Laakmann, G., Schmauss, M. (eds) Neuropsychopharmacology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74034-3_52

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