Puberty, Ovarian Steroids, and Stress

Two Receptor Systems for Corticosterone in Rat Brain: Microdistribution and Differential Occupation

1985 • 2,530 citations

The Neuroendocrinology of Stress and Aging: The Glucocorticoid Cascade Hypothesis*

1986 • 2,235 citations

Cloning of Human Mineralocorticoid Receptor Complementary DNA: Structural and Functional Kinship with the Glucocorticoid Receptor

1987 • 1,920 citations

Impact of Gender, Menstrual Cycle Phase, and Oral Contraceptives on the Activity of the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis

1999 • 1,825 citations

Adolescent Onset of the Gender Difference in Lifetime Rates of Major Depression

2000 • 1,217 citations

Corticosteroid Inhibition of ACTH Secretion*

1984 • 1,212 citations

Stressful life events, genetic liability, and onset of an episode of major depression in women

1995 • 1,057 citations

Selective Retention of Corticosterone by Limbic Structures in Rat Brain

1968 • 700 citations

Variations in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Response to Stress during the Estrous Cycle in the Rat

1991 • 664 citations

Glucocorticoid receptors: Relations between steroid binding and biological effects

1972 • 554 citations

Evidence for hippocampal regulation of neuroendocrine neurons of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis

1989 • 459 citations

Differences in Corticosterone and Dexamethasone Binding to Rat Brain and Pituitary¹

1975 • 456 citations

Chronic estrogen-induced alterations in adrenocorticotropin and corticosterone secretion, and glucocorticoid receptor-mediated functions in female rats.

1992 • 442 citations

Evidence of direct estrogenic regulation of human corticotropin-releasing hormone gene expression. Potential implications for the sexual dimophism of the stress response and immune/inflammatory reaction.

1993 • 424 citations

The influence of ovarian steroids on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal regulation in the female rat

1995 • 385 citations

Maternal plasma adrenocorticotropin and cortisol relationships throughout human pregnancy

1981 • 361 citations

Alteration in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian Axis in Depressed Women

2000 • 186 citations

Elevated free cortisol index in pregnancy: Possible regulatory mechanisms

1981 • 185 citations

Differential Menstrual Cycle Regulation of Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Women with Premenstrual Syndrome and Controls

2003 • 170 citations

Effects of Estrogen Antagonists and Agonists on the ACTH Response to Restraint Stress in Female Rats

2001 • 165 citations

Short-term estradiol treatment enhances pituitary-adrenal axis and sympathetic responses to psychosocial stress in healthy young men.

1996 • 162 citations

Glucocorticoid Physiology, Pharmacology and Stress

1986 • 159 citations

Serum CBG, free and total cortisol and circadian patterns of adrenal function in normal pregnancy

1982 • 152 citations

Retention of corticosterone by cell nuclei from brain regions of adrenalectomized rats

1970 • 143 citations

Ovarian Steroid Regulation of 5-HT1A Receptor Binding and G protein Activation in Female Monkeys

2002 • 142 citations

Psychological and Endocrine Responses to Psychosocial Stress and Dexamethasone/ Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone in Healthy Postmenopausal Women and Young Controls: The Impact of Age and a Two-Week Estradiol Treatment

1999 • 135 citations

Life Events and the Research Diagnostic Criteria Endogenous Subtype

1994 • 131 citations

Effect of age and sex on cortisol secretion in depressives and normals

1984 • 130 citations

Sexual dimorphism of glucocorticoid binding in rat brain

1985 • 129 citations

DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION BY GLUCOCORTICOIDS OF PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN mRNA LEVELS IN THE ANTERIOR AND INTERMEDIATE LOBES OF THE RAT PITUITARY

1982 • 122 citations

CHARACTERISTICS OF FAST FEEDBACK CONTROL OF CORTICOTROPHIN RELEASE BY CORTICOSTEROIDS

1972 • 115 citations

Fast Glucocorticoid Feedback Inhibition of ACTH Secretion in the Ovariectomized Rat: Effect of Chronic Estrogen and Progesterone

1994 • 113 citations

Cytochemical Studies of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) Receptors in Anterior Lobe Corticotropes: Binding, Glucocorticoid Regulation, and Endocytosis of [Biotinyl-Ser¹]CRF*

1986 • 109 citations

Increased Vasopressin and Adrenocorticotropin Responses to Stress in the Midluteal Phase of the Menstrual Cycle

2001 • 100 citations

Short-term estradiol treatment enhances pituitary-adrenal axis and sympathetic responses to psychosocial stress in healthy young men

1996 • 99 citations

Selective reduction of proadrenocorticotropin/endorphin proteins and messenger ribonucleic acid activity in mouse pituitary tumor cells by glucocorticoids

1979 • 94 citations

Discussion

1997 • 85 citations

Influence of age on the cortisol response to dexamethasone

1984 • 79 citations

Multiple HPA profiles in endogenous depression: Effect of age and sex on cortisol and beta-endorphin

1993 • 79 citations

Reduced Sensitivity to Glucocorticoid Feedback and Reduced Glucocorticoid Receptor mRNA Expression in the Luteal Phase of the Menstrual Cycle

1997 • 72 citations

Effects of estrogen and estrous cycle on glucocorticoid and catecholamine responses to stress in sheep

1998 • 69 citations

Ontogenesis of Glucocorticoid Receptors in Anterior Pituitary Gland: Transient Dissociation among Cytoplasmic Receptor Density, Nuclear Uptake, and Regulation of Corticotropic Activity*

1981 • 63 citations

Sex differences in response to exogenous corticosterone: a rat model of hypercortisolemia.

1996 • 58 citations

An in vivo study of the action of antiglucocorticoids on thymus weight ratio, antibody titre and the adrenal-pituitary-hypothalamus axis

1979 • 55 citations

Sexual dimorphism in regulation of type II corticosteroid receptor immunoreactivity in the rat hippocampus.

1992 • 47 citations

Identification of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) Target Cells and Effects of Dexamethasone on Binding in Anterior Pituitary Using a Fluorescent Analog of CRF*

1986 • 45 citations

Hypercortisolemia, hippocampal glucocorticoid receptors, and fast feedback.

1996 • 41 citations

Progesterone Attenuates the Inhibition of Adrenocorticotropin Responses by Cortisol in Nonpregnant Ewes*

1988 • 40 citations

Differences in the Interaction of RU 486 and Ketoconazole with the Second Binding Site of the Glucocorticoid Receptor*

1988 • 30 citations

Glucocorticoid cascade hypothesis revisited: Role of gonadal steroids

1995 • 30 citations

Anxiety disorders and the emergence of sex differences in major depression.

1998 • 30 citations

Adrenal steroid actions on brain: Dissecting the fine line between protection and damage.

1995 • 24 citations

Effects of estrogen on Stress Responses in Women

1999 • 18 citations

17. Effect of reproductive hormones on the hypothalamic-pituitary axis response to stress

1998 • 3 citations

160. Effect of gonadal steroids on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function

1998 • 2 citations