A “hypersensitive” hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system could be indicative for a negative clinical high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation outcome in melancholic depressed patients

Received 12 December 2008; received in revised form 16 March 2009; accepted 31 March 2009. published online 01 May 2009.

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a Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, UZ Brussel, Belgium

b Department of Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium

c Laboratory of Hormonology and Tumor Markers, University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, UZ Brussel, Belgium

d Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, UZ Brussel, Belgium

e Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, UZ Brussel, Belgium

Correspondence: Dr. Chris Baeken, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, UZ Brussel Free University of Brussels (V.U.B.). Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.

This research was supported by a grant from the Scientific Fund W. Gepts UZ Brussel.

PII: S1935-861X(09)00043-6

doi:10.1016/j.brs.2009.03.008

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