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Endocrinology
Diurnal hormone rhythms are amplified in women with major depression
May 13th, 2004
Diurnal hormone rhythms are amplified in women with major depression. According to published research from the Peoples Republic of China, "to investigate whether depression is accompanied by changes in diurnal rhythms of free estradiol and cortisol in different phases of the menstrual cycle, we measured these two hormone levels in saliva samples collected every 2 hours (h) for 24 h from 15 healthy normally cycling women and 12 age-matched normally cycling women suffering from major depression taking antidepressants. The assessments were repeated four times over one menstrual cycle: during menstruation and in the late follicular/peri-ovulating, early to mid-luteal and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-05-13)
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