Exploring the mutual regulation between oxytocin and cortisol as a marker of resilience
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2018.11.008
Abstract: ABSTRACT Early trauma can increase the risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adulthood. Early trauma has also been associated with the dysregulation between the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal (HPA) and oxytocin systems and may influence the… read more here.
Keywords: mutual regulation; oxytocin cortisol; women ptsd;
PTSD in women is associated with a block in conversion of progesterone to the GABAergic neurosteroids allopregnanolone and pregnanolone measured in plasma
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DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.04.024
Abstract: There is a need to identify new and more effective treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Allopregnanolone and its stereoisomer pregnanolone (together termed ALLO) are metabolites of progesterone that positively and allosterically modulate GABA effects… read more here.
Keywords: plasma; allo dhp; women ptsd; ratio allo ... See more keywords