1526 – Attenuation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis as a consequence of childhood adversity - a possible mechanism of sex-specific vulnerability for psychiatric disorders in adolescence?

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
M. Kaess ◽  
J.G. Simmons ◽  
S. Whittle ◽  
N. Allen
2016 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 203-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corinna Reichl ◽  
Anne Heyer ◽  
Romuald Brunner ◽  
Peter Parzer ◽  
Julia Madeleine Völker ◽  
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2010 ◽  
Vol 117 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 492
Author(s):  
Divya Krishnamurthy ◽  
Paul C. Guest ◽  
Laura Harris ◽  
Maree J. Webster ◽  
Sabine Bahn

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 1017-1037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul O. Wilkinson ◽  
Ian M. Goodyer

AbstractChildhood adversity is associated with increased risk for onset of depressive episodes. This review will present evidence that allostatic overload of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis (HPAA) partially mediates this association. The HPAA is the physiological system that regulates levels of the stress hormone cortisol. First, data from animals and humans has shown that early environmental adversity is associated with long-term dysregulation of the HPAA. This may occur due to permanent epigenetic modification of the glucocorticoid receptor. Second, data from humans has demonstrated that HPAA dysregulation is associated with increased risk of future depression onset in healthy individuals, and pharmacological correction of HPAA dysregulation reduces depressive symptoms. HPAA dysregulation may result in corticoid-mediated abnormalities in neurogenesis in early life and/or neurotoxicity on neural systems that subserve emotion and cognition.


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