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Volume 133, Issue 2 , Pages 281-284 , 28 February 2005

Neuroendocrine (HPA axis) and clinical correlates during fluvoxamine and amitriptyline treatment

Eugenia Rota
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Via Cherasco 15, Turin 10126, Italy
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +39 11 6636327, +39 11 6335423; fax: +39 11 6963487.
Roberta Broda
- Department of Psychiatry, Amedeo Avogadro University, Novara, Italy
Luigi Cangemi
- Department of Anatomy, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Giuseppe Migliaretti
- Department of Public Health and Microbiology, Statistical Unit, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Piero Paccotti
- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Carlo Rosso
- Department of Anatomy, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Eugenio Torre
- Department of Psychiatry, Amedeo Avogadro University, Novara, Italy
Patrizia Zeppegno
- Department of Psychiatry, Amedeo Avogadro University, Novara, Italy
Paolo Portaleone
- Department of Anatomy, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Received 15 September 2003 ,Accepted 22 December 2003.

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