Diurnal cortisol amplitude and fronto-limbic activity in response to stressful stimuli

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 694-704

  Cunningham Bussel, Amy C ^a   Root, James C ^a   Butler, Tracy ^a   Tuescher, Oliver ^a,g   Pan, Hong ^a,b   Epstein, Jane ^a,b   Weisholtz, Daniel S ^a   Pavony, Michelle ^a   Silverman, Michael E ^c   Goldstein, Martin S ^c   Altemus, Margaret ^a   Cloitre, Marylene ^d   LeDoux, Joseph ^e   McEwen, Bruce ^f   Stern, Emily ^a,b   Silbersweig, David ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cortisol; Hippocampus; Medial prefrontal cortex; Neuroimaging; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN LEVEL DEPENDENT RESPONSE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; STRESS;

EID: 64049093351     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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