Cortisol pulsatility and its role in stress regulation and health

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Loss of Glucocorticoid Fast Feedback in Depression

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Ultradian rhythm of basal corticosterone release in the female rat: dynamic interaction with the response to acute stress

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Differential Response of Type I and Type II Corticosteroid Receptors to Changes in Plasma Steroid Level and Circadian Rhythmicity

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The Pulsatile Characteristics of Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Activity in Female Lewis and Fischer 344 Rats and Its Relationship to Differential Stress Responses*

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Roles of type I and II corticosteroid receptors in regulation of basal activity in the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis during the diurnal trough and the peak: evidence for a nonadditive effect of combined receptor occupation.

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Vasopressin and Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Gene Responses to Novel Stress in Rats Adapted to Repeated Restraint

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Splanchnic Neural Activity Modulates Ultradian and Circadian Rhythms in Adrenocortical Secretion in Awake Rats

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Resistance to Glucocorticoid Feedback in Obesity

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The Role of Mineralocorticoid Receptors in Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Regulation in Humans1

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Evidence for arginine vasopressin as the primary activator of the HPA axis during adjuvant‐induced arthritis

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Increased Corticosterone Pulse Frequency During Adjuvant‐Induced Arthritis and its Relationship to Alterations in Stress Responsiveness

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Splanchnic Nerve Stimulation Modulates Steroid Secretion in Hypophysectomized Dogs

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Splanchnicotomy increases adrenal sensitivity to ACTH in nonstressed rats

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Negative Feedback Regulation following Administration of Chronic Exogenous Corticosterone

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The diurnal rhythm in adrenocorticotropin responses to restraint in adrenalectomized rats is determined by caloric intake

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Coordinate activation of the corticotropic axis by insulin-induced hypoglycemia: simultaneous estimates of β-endorphin, adrenocorticotropin and cortisol secretion and disappearance in normal men

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High intensity venous sampling reveals subtle alterations in plasma adrenocorticotropin patterns in old rats

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Lactation: a physiological model of stress hyporesponsiveness of the neuroendocrine system

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Basal and stress-induced hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) activity in aged male and female rats

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Stress and the brain: from adaptation to disease

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The neuro-symphony of stress

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Minireview: Gut microbiota: The neglected endocrine organ

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A Comprehensive Overview on Stress Neurobiology: Basic Concepts and Clinical Implications

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Biological and psychological markers of stress in humans: Focus on the Trier Social Stress Test

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A dose of nature: Tree cover, stress reduction, and gender differences

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Modern Approaches to Conceptualizing and Measuring Human Life Stress

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The coming out of the brain mineralocorticoid receptor

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Measuring cortisol in human psychobiological studies

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Transcription Dynamics

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Prenatal Anxiety Predicts Individual Differences in Cortisol in Pre-Adolescent Children

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Dynamics of ACTH and Cortisol Secretion and Implications for Disease

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Unraveling the Time Domains of Corticosteroid Hormone Influences on Brain Activity: Rapid, Slow, and Chronic Modes

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Rapid non-genomic effects of corticosteroids and their role in the central stress response

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Corticosteroid hormones in the central stress response: Quick-and-slow

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The crucial role of pulsatile activity of the HPA axis for continuous dynamic equilibration

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Do Corticosteroids Damage the Brain?

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Classification Criteria for Distinguishing Cortisol Responders From Nonresponders to Psychosocial Stress: Evaluation of Salivary Cortisol Pulse Detection in Panel Designs

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Ultradian hormone stimulation induces glucocorticoid receptor-mediated pulses of gene transcription

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HPA axis and aging in depression: Systematic review and meta-analysis

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The Impact of Sleep and Circadian Disturbance on Hormones and Metabolism

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Socio-economic status, cortisol and allostatic load: a review of the literature

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Glucocorticoid actions on synapses, circuits, and behavior: Implications for the energetics of stress

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Corticosteroid-dependent plasticity mediates compulsive alcohol drinking in rats

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Diurnal cortisol rhythm as a predictor of lung cancer survival

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Stress and the neuroendocrine system: the role of exercise as a stressor and modifier of stress

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Mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors at the neuronal membrane, regulators of nongenomic corticosteroid signalling

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Corticosterone levels in the brain show a distinct ultradian rhythm but a delayed response to forced swim stress

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Early life stress, the development of aggression and neuroendocrine and neurobiological correlates: What can we learn from animal models?

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Stress, Endocrine Physiology and Pathophysiology -- Endotext

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Origin of ultradian pulsatility in the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis

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The significance of glucocorticoid pulsatility

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Structural Stigma and Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenocortical Axis Reactivity in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young Adults

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Salivary Cortisol in Ambulatory Assessment—Some Dos, Some Don’ts, and Some Open Questions

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Hair cortisol as a biomarker of traumatization in healthy individuals and posttraumatic stress disorder patients.

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The Diagnosis and Management of Central Hypoadrenalism

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Inflammation in Parkinson’s disease: role of glucocorticoids

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Assessing cortisol from hair samples in a large observational cohort: the Whitehall II study

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Impact of early adversity on glucocorticoid regulation and later mental disorders

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Stress, seizures, and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis targets for the treatment of epilepsy

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An integrative model linking traumatization, cortisol dysregulation and posttraumatic stress disorder: Insight from recent hair cortisol findings

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Revealing the large-scale network organization of growth hormone-secreting cells

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HPA axis activity in patients with chronic insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of case–control studies

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LC–MS based analysis of endogenous steroid hormones in human hair

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A field (researcher's) guide to cortisol: tracking HPA axis functioning in everyday life

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Depression as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease: Genes, steroids, cytokines and neurogenesis – What do we need to know?

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Sleep and circadian regulation of cortisol: A short review

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Dynamic regulation of glucocorticoid signalling in health and disease

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Development of the HPA axis: Where and when do sex differences manifest?

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Glucocorticoid signaling and stress-related limbic susceptibility pathway: About receptors, transcription machinery and microRNA

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Glucocorticoid ultradian rhythmicity directs cyclical gene pulsing of the clock gene period 1 in rat hippocampus

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A meta-analytic review of the correlation between peripheral oxytocin and cortisol concentrations

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Why is the management of glucocorticoid deficiency still controversial: a review of the literature

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Temperature-Responsive Release of Cortisol from Its Binding Globulin: A Protein Thermocouple

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Nongenomic glucocorticoid receptor action regulates gap junction intercellular communication and neural progenitor cell proliferation

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Prenatal maternal stress predicts stress reactivity at 2½ years of age: The Iowa Flood Study

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