The brain and the stress axis: The neural correlates of cortisol regulation in response to stress

NeuroImage

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 864-871

  Dedovic, Katarina ^a   Duchesne, Annie ^a   Andrews, Julie ^a   Engert, Veronika ^a,b   Pruessner, Jens C ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 67651051857     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.05.074     Document Type: Article

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