Preliminary evidence for obesity and elevations in fasting insulin mediating associations between cortisol awakening response and hippocampal volumes and frontal atrophy

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1270-1276

  Ursache, Alexandra ^a   Wedin, William ^a   Tirsi, Aziz ^a   Convit, Antonio ^a,b  

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

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; CAR; Cortisol; Frontal Lobes; Hippocampus; Obesity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATROPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FASTING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; MALE; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS; UP-REGULATION; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862305461     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.12.020     Document Type: Article

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