Analysis of baseline hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity in late adolescence reveals gender specific sensitivity of the stress axis

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1271-1280

  Reynolds, Rebecca M ^a   Hii, Hilary L ^b   Pennell, Craig E ^c   McKeague, Ian W ^d   Kloet, E Ron de ^e   Lye, Stephen ^f   Stanley, Fiona J ^b   Mattes, Eugen ^b   Foster, Jonathan K ^b,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adolescence; Corticosteroid binding globulin; Cortisol; HPA axis; The Raine Study

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TRANSCORTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 84878659186     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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