title: Ventricular size, the dexamethasone suppression test and outcome of severe endogenous depression following psychosurgery.
abstract: To assess the possible significance of cerebral ventricular size and the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) in the outcome of severe endogenous depression, 28 patients were followed up and reviewed 1 year after stereotactic subcaudate tractotomy. Neither ventricular size nor the dexamethasone suppression test predicted either a good or poor outcome. There was no relationship between ventricular size and the DST results.
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000601:surgery; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D003907:Dexamethasone; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011612:Psychosurgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003907:Dexamethasone; D006854:Hydrocortisone