J. Abelson

Sex-specific mechanisms of childhood trauma-related HPA axis dysregulation: Insights across four regulatory probes.

Blunted cortisol reactivity (BCR) to stress has been linked to trauma symptoms and early life adversity (ELA). Despite evidence for sex differences in ELA's impact on cortisol reactivity, few stress reactivity studies adequately assess sex-specificity. Further, most have measured salivary cortisol response to a single...