Cortisol is inversely correlated with aggression for those boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder who retain their reactivity to stress

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-60

  Yang, Su Jin ^a   Won Shin, Dong ^b   Sun Noh, Kyung ^b   Stein, Mark A ^c  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex hormone; Aggressive behavior; Attention deficit and disruptive behavior disorders; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis reactivity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; KOREA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548476707     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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