A ghrelin-growth hormone axis drives stress-induced vulnerability to enhanced fear

Hormones in the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis mediate many of the bodily responses to stressors, yet there is no clear relationship between the levels of these hormones and stress-associated mental illnesses such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Therefore, other hormones are like...

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Main Authors: Meyer, Retsina M. (Contributor), Burgos-Robles, Anthony Noel (Contributor), Liu, Elizabeth (Contributor), dos Santos Correia, Susana Maria (Contributor), Goosens, Ki Ann (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor), McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT (Contributor), Picower Institute for Learning and Memory (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2016-05-09T13:02:36Z.
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