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Post‐dexamethasone cortisol levels and computerized tomographic findings in manic patients
Author(s) -
Mukherjee S.,
Schnur D. B.,
Lo E.S.,
Sackeim H. A.,
Cooper T. B.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1993.tb03429.x
Subject(s) - dexamethasone , third ventricle , ventricle , hydrocortisone , computed tomographic , lateral ventricles , medicine , dexamethasone suppression test , psychology , endocrinology , cerebral ventricle , computed tomography , neuroscience , radiology
The relations of post‐dexamethasone cortisol levels to computerized tomography (CT) scan findings of lateral and third ventricle size and cortical sulcal prominence rated separately for frontal and parieto‐occipital distributions were examined in 15 manic patients. Failure to suppress endogenous cortisol after a dexamethasone challenge was associated with larger third ventricles, but not to any of the other CT scan measures.