Influence of cocaine dependence and early life stress on pituitary-adrenal axis responses to CRH and the Trier social stressor

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1492-1500

  Maria, Megan M Moran Santa ^a   McRae Clark, Aimee L ^a   Back, Sudie E ^a   DeSantis, Stacia M ^a,b   Baker, Nathaniel L ^b   Spratt, Eve G ^a   Simpson, Annie N ^b   Brady, Kathleen T ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine dependence; Corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH); Early life stress; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; Stress; Trauma; Trier Social Stress Task

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SOCIAL STRESS; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TASK; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650178719     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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