Failure to suppress production of the hormone cortisol in response to the dexamethasone suppression test has implicated a dysfunction of which system in the etiology of depression?

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Failure to suppress production of cortisol in the dexamethasone suppression test is a characteristic of hyperactivity in the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. This dysfunction has been implicated in the pathophysiology of depression.

Failure to Suppress Production of the Hormone Cortisol in Response