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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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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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