Psychopathy's influence on the coupling between hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal and -gonadal axes among incarcerated adolescents

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 448-458

  Johnson, Megan M ^a,b   Dismukes, Andrew R ^b   Vitacco, Michael J ^c   Breiman, Chelsea ^d   Fleury, Donald ^b   Shirtcliff, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Callous unemotional traits; Cortisol; Coupling; DHEA; Diurnal; Hormone; Incarcerated; Psychopathy; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CALLOUS-UNEMOTIONAL TRAITS; CHEMISTRY; CONDUCT DISORDER; COUPLING; DIURNAL; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INCARCERATED; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; SALIVA; TESTIS;

ADOLESCENTS; CALLOUS-UNEMOTIONAL TRAITS; CORTISOL; COUPLING; DHEA; DIURNAL; HORMONE; INCARCERATED; PSYCHOPATHY; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PRISONERS; SALIVA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84897584080     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21111     Document Type: Article

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