Modulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis by early life stress exposure

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Van Bodegom, Miranda ^a   Homberg, Judith R ^a   Henckens, Marloes J A G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Early social deprivation; Epigenetics; HPA axis; Limited nesting; Match mismatch theory; Maternal separation; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENAL GLAND; AMYGDALA; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENDOCRINE GLAND; EPIGENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; STRESS;

EID: 85018259258     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00087     Document Type: Review

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