Cortisol and ACTH responses to the Dex/CRH Test: Influence of temperament

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 518-525

  Tyrka, Audrey R ^a,b   Wier, Lauren M ^a   Price, Lawrence H ^a,b   Rikhye, Kobita ^a,b   Ross, Nicole S ^a   Anderson, George M ^c   Wilkinson, Charles W ^d,e   Carpenter, Linda L ^a,b  

^a BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERAMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEXAMETHASONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 40849117991     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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