Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis tonus is associated with hippocampal microstructural asymmetry

NeuroImage

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-103

  Madsen, Kathrine Skak ^a,b   Jernigan, Terry L ^a,b,c   Iversen, Pernille ^a,b   Frokjaer, Vibe G ^b,d   Knudsen, Gitte M ^b,d,e   Siebner, Hartwig R ^a,b,e   Baaré, William F C ^a,b  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b Center for Integrated Molecular Brain Imaging   (Denmark)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Diffusion tensor imaging; Grey matter microstructure; Hippocampus; Laterality; MRI

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA;

EID: 84864415393     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.06.071     Document Type: Article

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