Salivary cortisol in post-traumatic stress disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

X Pan, Z Wang, X Wu, SW Wen, A Liu - BMC psychiatry, 2018 - Springer
Background Studies investigating salivary cortisol level as susceptibility marker for post-
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) produced inconsistent results. The aim of this study was to …

Diagnostic biomarkers for posttraumatic stress disorder: promising horizons from translational neuroscience research

V Michopoulos, SD Norrholm, T Jovanovic - Biological psychiatry, 2015 - Elsevier
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a heterogeneous disorder that affects individuals
exposed to trauma (eg, combat, interpersonal violence, and natural disasters). Although its …

Posttraumatic stress disorder: A metabolic disorder in disguise?

V Michopoulos, A Vester, G Neigh - Experimental neurology, 2016 - Elsevier
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a heterogeneous psychiatric disorder that affects
individuals exposed to trauma and is highly co-morbid with other adverse health outcomes …

The cortisol paradox of trauma-related disorders: lower phasic responses but higher tonic levels of cortisol are associated with sexual abuse in childhood

I Schalinski, T Elbert, S Steudte-Schmiedgen… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Inconsistent findings exist for the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
(HPA) axis in patients with stress related disorders. Recent studies point towards early life …

Limbic response to stress linking life trauma and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis function

D Seo, AG Rabinowitz, RJ Douglas, R Sinha - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2019 - Elsevier
Trauma alters neuroendocrine responses to stress and increases vulnerability to stress-
related disorders. Yet, relationships among trauma, stress-induced neural changes and …

Effects of trauma-related audiovisual stimulation on cerebrospinal fluid norepinephrine and corticotropin-releasing hormone concentrations in post-traumatic stress …

TD Geracioti Jr, DG Baker, JW Kasckow… - …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Although elevated concentrations of both corticotropin-releasing hormone
(CRH) and norepinephrine are present in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with post …

The role of BDNF and HPA axis in the neurobiology of burnout syndrome

OO Sertoz, IT Binbay, E Koylu, A Noyan… - Progress in Neuro …, 2008 - Elsevier
Chronic stress is known to affect the HPA axis. The few clinical studies which have been
conducted on HPA-axis function in burnout have produced inconsistent results. The …

Implications of hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis functioning in posttraumatic stress disorder

T Jones, MD Moller - Journal of the American Psychiatric …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Cortisol secretions serve as the barometer of the hypothalamic–pituitary–
adrenal (HPA) axis, which regulates and controls responses to stress. Studies of cortisol …

Victims of rape show increased cortisol responses to trauma reminders: a study in individuals with war-and torture-related PTSD

H Gola, H Engler, M Schauer, H Adenauer… - …, 2012 - Elsevier
Studies investigating cortisol responses to trauma-related stressors in patients with
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have yielded inconsistent results, demonstrating that …

Interleukin-6 and soluble interleukin-6 receptor levels in posttraumatic stress disorder: associations with lifetime diagnostic status and psychological context

TL Newton, R Fernandez-Botran, JJ Miller… - Biological psychology, 2014 - Elsevier
This study correlated lifetime PTSD diagnostic status with interleukin-6 (IL-6) and soluble IL-
6 receptor (sIL-6R) levels, and tested whether these correlations are sensitive to …