Long-term cortisol in bipolar disorder: Associations with age of onset and psychiatric co-morbidity
Abstract
Dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is hypothesized to play a role in the pathogenesis of bipolar disorder (BD). Conflicting results have been reported when saliva or serum was used to measure cortisol levels. A recently developed method is to measure cortisol in scalp hair, with 1 cm of scalp hair representing 1 month. We studied whether there are differences in long-term hair cortisol levels between BD patients and...
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Title
Long-term cortisol in bipolar disorder: Associations with age of onset and psychiatric co-morbidity
Published Date
Dec 1, 2012
Journal
Volume
37
Issue
12
Pages
1960 - 1968
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