Attenuated cortisol response to psychological stress but not to CRH or ergometry in young habitual smokers

Inflammatory mediator-induced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation is defective in streptococcal cell wall arthritis-susceptible Lewis rats.

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Medicine, Endocrinology, Immunology +17

Consistent sex differences in cortisol responses to psychological stress.

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Influences of sensation seeking, gender, risk appraisal, and situational motivation on smoking

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Nicotine from cigarette smoking increases circulating levels of cortisol, growth hormone, and prolactin in male chronic smokers

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Heritability of cortisol responses to human corticotropin-releasing hormone, ergometry, and psychological stress in humans.

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