The role of the HPA-axis in understanding psychopathology: Cause, consequence, mediator, or moderator?

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 387-389

  Buitelaar, Jan K ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENAL CORTEX; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84880284480     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-013-0441-7     Document Type: Review

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