New translational perspectives for blood-based biomarkers of PTSD: From glucocorticoid to immune mediators of stress susceptibility

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 284, Issue , 2016, Pages 133-140

  Daskalakis, Nikolaos P ^a,b   Cohen, Hagit ^c   Nievergelt, Caroline M ^b,d   Baker, Dewleen G ^b,d   Buxbaum, Joseph D ^a   Russo, Scott J ^a   Yehuda, Rachel ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Glucocorticoids; Immune system; Individual differences; Novel treatments; PTSD; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MIFEPRISTONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

AMYGDALA; CHILD ABUSE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDATOR STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

BIOMARKERS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84991758864     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2016.07.024     Document Type: Review

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