Resting state functional MRI connectivity predicts hypothalamus-pituitary-axis status in healthy males

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1338-1348

  Kiem, Sara A ^a   Andrade, Kátia C ^a,b   Spoormaker, Victor I ^a   Holsboer, Florian ^a   Czisch, Michael ^a   Sämann, Philipp G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone suppression corticotropin releasing hormone stimulation (dex CRH) test; Functional connectivity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Hippocampus; Resting state; Stress regulation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; BRAIN WAVES; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL FUNCTION TESTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REST;

EID: 84878665518     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.11.021     Document Type: Article

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