2005
Increased salivary cortisol after waking in depression
Bhagwagar Z, Hafizi S, Cowen P. Increased salivary cortisol after waking in depression. Psychopharmacology 2005, 182: 54-57. PMID: 15991000, DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-0062-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSalivary cortisolMedication-free subjectsMorning cortisol secretionCommunity-based sampleExaggerated releaseCortisol secretionAcute depressionHealthy controlsMajor depressionCortisol levelsDepressed subjectsCortisolMore cortisolDepressionPatientsRecent studiesSubjectsHypersecretionPathophysiologyObjectiveToMinMethodsWeResultsInControlSecretion
2002
Acute citalopram administration produces correlated increases in plasma and salivary cortisol
Bhagwagar Z, Hafizi S, Cowen P. Acute citalopram administration produces correlated increases in plasma and salivary cortisol. Psychopharmacology 2002, 163: 118-120. PMID: 12185409, DOI: 10.1007/s00213-002-1149-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSalivary cortisol levelsCortisol levelsSelective serotonin re-uptake inhibitorsSalivary cortisolSerotonin re-uptake inhibitorsAcute citalopram administrationRe-uptake inhibitorsCross-over designSalivary cortisol concentrationsCitalopram administrationIntravenous administrationCortisol releaseHealthy volunteersCortisol concentrationsSaliva cortisolCitalopramCortisolParallel increaseAdministrationCorrelated increaseAcceptable means