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The effect of oral contraceptive use on cortisol reactivity to the Trier Social Stress Test: A meta-analysis

期刊： PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, 2022; 136 ()

Background: Some research suggests that oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) blunt the cortisol stress response, thus OCP users are often excluded from str......

Oxytocin system gene methylation is associated with empathic responses towards children

期刊： PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, 2022; 137 ()

Empathy is an essential component of sensitive caregiving behavior, which in turn is an important predictor of children's healthy social-emotional dev......

Pituitary volume in adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury: Preliminary evidence for alterations in pituitary maturation

期刊： PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, 2022; 138 ()

Background: Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), typically observed in the context of various mental disorders, represents a highly prevalent and serious ......

Preliminary insights into associations between C-reactive protein and social network dynamics

期刊： PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, 2022; 139 ()

Recent social psychoneuroimmunology models suggest bidirectional associations between social experiences and the immune system. This work posits that ......

Sense of purpose in life and inflammation in healthy older adults: A longitudinal study

Background: A higher sense of purpose in life has been linked with reduced risk of age-related chronic health conditions that share elevated inflammat......

Medroxyprogesterone acetate positively modulates specific GABA(A)-receptor subtypes-affecting memory and cognition

Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) is a progestin widely used in humans as hormone replacement therapy and at other indications. Many progestin metabol......

Association of subjective social status with epigenetic aging among Black and White women

Objective: Subjective social status (SSS), an individual's assessment of their own social status in relation to others, is associated with health and ......

The mediating role of allostatic load in the relationship between early life adversity and cognitive function across the adult lifespan

Early life adversity is consequential for poor cognitive health in mid to late-life. Early life adversity is associated with higher allostatic load, a......

Inflammatory markers and incident depression: Evidence in a population-based prospective study

期刊： PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, 2022; 142 ()

The association between pro-inflammatory cytokines and depression is widely acknowledged. However, longitudinal data that show they lead to depression......

Amygdala reactivity during socioemotional processing and cortisol reactivity to a psychosocial stressor

Threat-related amygdala reactivity and the activation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis have been linked to negative psychiatric outcom......

Enhanced endogenous oxytocin signaling in the brain modulates neural responses to social misalignment and promotes conformity in humans: A multi-locus genetic profile approach

The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) is known to promote social conformity. However, the specific neurocognitive mechanisms underlying OT-induced conformity......

Examining the epigenetic mechanisms of childhood adversity and sensitive periods: A gene set-based approach

Background: Sensitive periods are developmental stages of heightened plasticity when life experiences, including exposure to childhood adversity, have......

Early life trauma and adult leucocyte telomere length

Background: Telomere length, a biomarker of cell division and cellular aging, has been associated with multiple chronic disease endpoints. Experienced......

Association between the timing of family socioeconomic deprivation and adolescence hair cortisol among adolescent twins: A study of the genetic and environmental processes involved

Background: While evidence shows that lower socioeconomic status (SES) is related to dysregulated hair cortisol concentration (HCC), the genetic and e......