title: The TRH stimulation test and reverse T3 in depression.
abstract: Blunted TSH response to TRH and elevation of reverse T3 (rT3) have been reported in depression, though the relationship between these two abnormalities has not been clear. The authors measured basal levels of T4, T3, rT3 and the TSH response to TRH in a group of 28 depressed men and women, unipolar and bipolar subtypes. No significant difference was found between these two subtypes of depression with respect to mean basal hormonal levels or magnitude of the TSH response to TRH. Two males had slight, but significant elevations of rT3 though only one of them had a blunted TSH response to TRH levels and the TSH response to TRH. Finally no significant correlation was found between rT3 levels and the TSH response to TRH.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Sternbach
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Gwirtsman
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Gerner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hershman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pekary
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood; D014285:Triiodothyronine, Reverse / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D014284:Triiodothyronine; D014285:Triiodothyronine, Reverse; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine