Gender differences in the effect of early life trauma on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 383-392

  Desantis, Stacia M ^a   Baker, Nathaniel L ^a   Back, Sudie E ^a   Spratt, Eve ^a   Ciolino, Jody D ^a   Moran Santa Maria, Megan ^a   Dipankar, Bandyopadhyay ^a   Brady, Kathleen T ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

corticotropin; cortisol; gender; HPA axis; hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; trauma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INJURY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AROUSAL; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79955577363     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20795     Document Type: Article

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