Higher Levels of Basal Serial CSF Cortisol in Combat Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - Baker, Dewleen G.; Ekhator, Nosa N.; Kasckow, John W.; Dashevsky, Boris; Horn, Paul S.; Bednarik, Ludmila; Geracioti, Thomas D. (The American journal of psychiatry, 2005)
Keywords: Adrenocorticotropic Hormone - blood; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone - cerebrospinal fluid; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Anxiety disorders. Neuroses; Biological and medical sciences; Brain; Catheterization, Peripheral; Catheters, Indwelling; Circadian Rhythm - physiology; Clinical trials; Combat Disorders - blood; Combat Disorders - cerebrospinal fluid; Combat Disorders - diagnosis; Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone - blood; Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone - cerebrospinal fluid; Hormones; Humans; Hydrocortisone - blood; Hydrocortisone - cerebrospinal fluid; Male; Medical sciences; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Spinal Puncture; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - blood; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - cerebrospinal fluid; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis; Subarachnoid Space; Veterans; Veterans - statistics & numerical data; Human; Corticosteroid; Posttraumatic syndrome; Steroid hormone; Adrenal hormone; Anxiety disorder; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Cerebrospinal fluid; Veteran; Hydrocortisone; Glucocorticoid; Stress