Temperament and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function in healthy adults

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1036-1045

  Tyrka, Audrey R ^a,b   Mello, Andrea F ^a   Mello, Marcelo F ^a   Gagne, Gerard G ^a   Grover, Kelly E ^a   Anderson, George M ^c   Price, Lawrence H ^a,b   Carpenter, Linda L ^a,b  

^a BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dex CRH test; HPA axis; Inhibition; Personality; Temperament

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL FUNCTION TESTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF-ASSESSMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 33749236942     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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