Patterns of neuroendocrine coupling in 9-year-old children: Effects of sex, body-mass index, and life stress

Biological Psychology

Volumn 132, Issue , 2018, Pages 252-259

  Black, Sarah R ^a   Lerner, Matthew D ^b   Shirtcliff, Elizabeth A ^c   Klein, Daniel N ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Cortisol; DHEA; Middle childhood; Neuroendocrine coupling; Puberty; Stress; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SALIVA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; CHEMISTRY; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 85035123249     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.11.004     Document Type: Article

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