Early-life stress, HPA axis adaptation, and mechanisms contributing to later health outcomes

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Maniam, Jayanthi ^a   Antoniadis, Christopher ^a   Morris, Margaret J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

11 beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1; Early life stress; Glucocorticoids; Hyperinsulinemia; Insulin signaling; Liver; Metabolic disorders

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84905387797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2014.00073     Document Type: Review

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