Blunted HPA axis response to stress is related to a persistent dysregulation profile in youth

Biological Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 343-351

  Ayer, Lynsay ^a   Greaves Lord, Kirstin ^b   Althoff, Robert R ^c   Hudziak, James J ^c   Dieleman, Gwendolyn C ^b   Verhulst, Frank C ^b   van der Ende, Jan ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dysregulation profile; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSREGULATION PROFILE; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84877894976     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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