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Major Depressive Disorder

Known as: Disorders, Major Depressive, MAJOR DEPRESSION, MDD 
Marked depression appearing in the involution period and characterized by hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, and agitation.
National Institutes of Health

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Affective Disorders, PsychoticBipolar DisorderDepression, PostpartumDepression, psychotic

Narrower (6)

Depressive episode, unspecifiedInvolutional paraphreniaMajor Depressive Disorder 1Major Depressive Disorder 2

Broader (4)

Mental DepressionMood DisordersParanoid Schizophreniaclinical depression

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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Identification of a Major Defect in Insulin-Resistant Tissues of Genetically Obese (fa/fa) Rats: Impaired Protein Kinase C
In perfused lean rat hearts, the activator of protein kinase C phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), when present alone, stimulates… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The dexamethasone suppression test in bulimia.
Nineteen (35%) of 55 women with bulimia failed to exhibit cortisol suppression after dexamethasone administration. Although there… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Specificity of the DST and the TRH test for major depression in alcoholics.
The authors examined dexamethasone suppression test (DST) and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) test results in 32 chronic… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Major tropical spices: ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.)
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Validation of four definitions of melancholia by the dexamethasone suppression test.
The authors evaluated four sets of diagnostic criteria, the Newcastle Index, DSM-III, RDC, and the Michigan Diagnostic Index, for… 
1984
1984
Appetite disturbance and excessive guilt in major depression. Use of family study data to define depressive subtypes.
A post hoc analysis of the relationship between depression in first-degree family members (N = 810) and specific patterns of… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
The reaction of great tits (Parus major) to playback of degraded and undegraded songs: the effect of familiarity with the stimulus song type
-We played degraded and undegraded song types to territorial Great Tits. Each bird was tested with degraded and undegraded… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
An Hypothesis regarding the Commonality of Right-Hemisphere Involvement in Learning Disability, Attentional Disorder, and Childhood Major Depressive Disorder
Learning disability, attentional disorder, and childhood major depression are frequent clinical diagnoses for children who show… 
1982
1982
The effects of requisite assumptions on linkage analyses of manic-depressive illness with HLA.
Two large pedigrees with a bipolar proband were selected on the basis of compatibility with the hypothesis of autosomal dominant… 
1965
1965
CANCER REGISTRATION AND SURVIVAL IN CALIFORNIA
versy. However, it is difficult to believe that simply by drafting a more refined, sophisticated version of the original law, the…