Cortisol escape from suppression by dexamethasone during depression is strongly predicted by basal cortisol hypersecretion and increasing age combined

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1960 • 30,921 citations

A Specific Laboratory Test for the Diagnosis of Melancholia

1981 • 2,238 citations

Elevated Concentrations of CSF Corticotropin-Releasing Factor-Like Immunoreactivity in Depressed Patients

1984 • 1,490 citations

Glucocorticoid-sensitive hippocampal neurons are involved in terminating the adrenocortical stress response.

1984 • 729 citations

Neuroendocrine Regulation in Depression

1976 • 628 citations

Stress Down-Regulates Corticosterone Receptors in a Site-Specific Manner in the Brain*

1984 • 586 citations

Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Activity in Depressive Illness

1980 • 386 citations

Pretreatment DST and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical Function in Depressed Patients and Comparison Groups

1984 • 374 citations

Cortisol Secretion in Endogenous Depression

1985 • 257 citations

The 24-Hour Dexamethasone Suppression Test in a Clinical Setting: Relationship to Diagnosis, Symptoms, and Response to Treatment

1979 • 255 citations

DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TESTS: USEFULNESS OF SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF PLASMA CORTISOL AND DEXAMETHASONE

1982 • 198 citations

CSF corticotropin-releasing hormone in depressed patients and normal control subjects

1987 • 183 citations

Neuroendocrinological and neurophysiological studies in major depressive disorders: are there biological markers for the endogenous subtype?

1982 • 159 citations

The Limited Utility of the Dexamethasone Suppression Test for the Diagnostic Process in Psychiatry

1984 • 151 citations

Cortisol Secretion in Endogenous Depression

1985 • 134 citations

Effect of age and sex on cortisol secretion in depressives and normals

1984 • 130 citations

Cushing's syndrome: A prospective study of diagnostic methods

1973 • 129 citations

Aging and cortisol resistance to suppression by dexamethasone: A positive correlation

1983 • 128 citations

Biological 'Markers' for Endogenous Depression

1984 • 124 citations

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1986 • 112 citations

Physiology of Urinary Cortisol Excretion

1964 • 111 citations

Cushingʼs Syndrome: Problems in Diagnosis

1981 • 104 citations

Dexamethasone suppresion test (DST) and plasma dexamethasone levels in depressed patients

1984 • 104 citations

Research Diagnostic Criteria and DSM-III

1982 • 102 citations

Corticosteroids in Depressive Illness

1967 • 98 citations

Cortisol secretion and dexamethasone response in depression

1981 • 94 citations

Differences in Metabolic Properties among Cortisol, Prednisolone, and Dexamethasone in Liver and Renal Diseases: Accelerated Metabolism of Dexamethasone in Renal Failure*

1985 • 86 citations

Corticosteroids in Depressive Illness

1967 • 84 citations

The dexamethasone suppression test, the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and the DSM-III depression categories

1986 • 84 citations

Influence of age on the cortisol response to dexamethasone

1984 • 79 citations

Dexamethasone Concentrations and the Dexamethasone Suppression Test in Psychiatric Disorders

1986 • 77 citations

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1984 • 47 citations

The dexamethasone suppression test: Importance of dexamethasone concentrations

1987 • 46 citations

Dexamethasone suppression test in geriatric depression.

1984 • 45 citations

The effect of serum dexamethasone concentrations in the dexamethasone suppression test

1986 • 44 citations

Effects of antidepressant withdrawal on the dexamethasone suppression test

1985 • 41 citations

Plasma dexamethasone kinetics during the DST after oral and intravenous administration of the test drug

1987 • 40 citations

The relationship of the dexamethasone suppression test (1 mg and 2 mg) to basal plasma cortisol levels in endogenous depression

1987 • 40 citations

Psychotropic drug withdrawal and the dexamethasone suppression test

1987 • 39 citations

The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in depression.

1987 • 35 citations

The relationship between age and post-dexamethasone cortisol: A test of three hypotheses

1986 • 33 citations

Assessing improvements in the Dexamethasone Suppression Test using receiver operating characteristic analysis

1989 • 31 citations

Intravenous diazepam fails to change growth hormone and cortisol secretion in humans

1986 • 29 citations

The effects of glucocorticoids on the availability of L-tryptophan and tyrosine in the plasma of depressed patients

1990 • 29 citations

Effect of phenelzine on thyroid function in depressed patients

1987 • 28 citations

A Combined Study of Cortisol, ACTH and Dexamethasone Concentrations in Major Depression

1987 • 28 citations

The effect of age on cortisol and plasma dexamethasone concentrations in depressed patients and controls

1989 • 27 citations

Self rated depression in relation to DSM‐III classification: A statistical isolinear multiple components analysis

1988 • 25 citations

Results of the 8 a.m. Dexamethasone Suppression Test Constitute a Suitable Tool for Confirming the Diagnosis of Melancholia

1989 • 21 citations

Elevated baseline and postdexamethasone cortisol levels

1987 • 21 citations

Repeated dexamethasone suppression test in depressed patients

1986 • 20 citations

Influences on cortisol and noradrenergic turnover of healthy controls and depressed patients during L-tryptophan loading

1989 • 19 citations

A revised interpretation of postdexamethasone ACTH and cortisol findings in unipolar depressed females

1990 • 18 citations

Use of the dexamethasone suppression test in an inpatient setting: A replication and new findings

1989 • 18 citations

Effects of acute hospitalization on the dexamethasone suppression and TRH stimulation tests.

1984 • 17 citations

The plasma dexamethasone “window” and the dexamethasone suppression test in depression

1987 • 17 citations

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1973 • 16 citations

The influences of dexamethasone levels on the predictive value of the DST for unipolar major depression and relationships between post-dexamethasone cortisol and ACTH levels

1989 • 16 citations

Afternoon cortisol levels before (spontaneous) and after suppression with dexamethasone or oxazepam in depressed patients

1986 • 15 citations

Dexamethasone resistance and cortisol secretion in depressive illness.

1983 • 14 citations

Effects of Psychotropic Medications on Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Regulation

1988 • 14 citations

Plasma dexamethasone and cortisol levels in depressed outpatients

1989 • 13 citations

Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical function and process of brain aging.

1987 • 12 citations

Studies of the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenocortical System: An Example of Progress in Psychoneuroendocrinology

1986 • 9 citations

DST update: The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis and affective illness

1987 • 8 citations

Glucocorticoid receptor function in depression

1987 • 5 citations

Lack of effects of hospitalization and oral contraceptives on DST results in control subjects

1987 • 2 citations