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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2019

8. Adrenals

New Paradigms

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8.16. Autoantibodies reactive to adrenocorticotropic hormone can alter cortisol secretion in both aggressive and nonaggressive humans

H Vaeroy , C Adori , R Legrand , N Lucas , J Breton , C Cottard , Rego JC do , C Duparc , E Louiset , H Lefebvre , P Dechelotte , E Western , S Andersson , T Hokfelt , SO Fetissov

To read the full abstract: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018; 115(28): E6576–E6584.It is accepted that aggressive behavior can be viewed as a strategy by humans and animals to cope with stress, implying that neurobiological mechanisms involved in stress responses should underlie both physiological and pathological aggression (15, 16). The hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal ...