title: Post-dexamethasone cortisol levels and computerized tomographic findings in manic patients.
abstract: The relations of post-dexamethasone cortisol levels to computerized tomography (CT) scan findings of lateral and third ventricle size and cortical sulcal prominence rated separately for frontal and parieto-occipital distributions were examined in 15 manic patients. Failure to suppress endogenous cortisol after a dexamethasone challenge was associated with larger third ventricles, but not to any of the other CT scan measures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-3800.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Schnur
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Sackeim
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D003907:Dexamethasone; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003907:Dexamethasone; D006854:Hydrocortisone