Sex differences in HPA axis responses to stress: a review.

By Brigitte M. Kudielka, Clemens Kirschbaum. Biological Psychology, 2005

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Subfields: Behavioral Neuroscience, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Sex Differences in Stress-Related Psychiatric Disorders: Neurobiological Perspectives (2014, background): “stress-induced cortisol levels in women, while others find higher stress-induced cortisol levels in men [61; 62; 63; 64; 65; 66].”
The link between childhood trauma and depression: insights from HPA axis studies in humans. (2008, neutral): “Rodents studies suggest that females generally exhibit greater magnitude and duration of HPA axis responses to stress than males (Rhodes and Rubin, 1999), though findings in humans are not entirely consistent (Young, 1998; Kudielka and Kirschbaum, 2005).”
Studying sex and gender differences in pain and analgesia: a consensus report. (2007, background): “There are well-documented sex differences in stress responses in both animals and humans [112], and sex differences in mechanisms of stressinduced analgesia have been reported in rodents [141].”
Why do we respond so differently? Reviewing determinants of human salivary cortisol responses to challenge. (2009, background): “…or circulating gonadal steroids with their complex effects on glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptor regulation and functioning across men and women (for reviews and ameta-analysis see Kudielka and Kirschbaum, 2005; Otte et al., 2005; Kajantie and Phillips, 2006; Kudielka et al., 2007b).”
The Adaptive Calibration Model of stress responsivity (2010, neutral): “In public speaking tasks, sex differences in HPA responsivity show an inconsistent pattern; when effects are found, they indicate stronger responses in men, although women show increased cortisol response in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle (Kajantie and Phillips, 2006; Kudielka and Kirschbau”
A field (researcher's) guide to cortisol: tracking HPA axis functioning in everyday life (2008, background): “Additionally, laboratory studies have found difference in women’s cortisol responses that are tied to menstrual cycle phase (Kudielka & Kirschbaum, 2005; Kajantie & Phillips, 2006) but, despite a couple of exceptions (e.g. Davydov et al., 2005), most naturalistic studies have not taken women’s…”
Neurobiological and psychiatric consequences of child abuse and neglect. (2010, background): “Rodent studies suggest that females generally exhibit greater magnitude and duration of HPA axis responses to stress than males (Rhodes & Rubin, 1999), though findings in humans are not entirely consistent (Kudielka & Kirschbaum, 2005).”
Acute psychosocial stress: does the emotional stress response correspond with physiological responses? (2012, neutral): “Pre-post mood changes were negatively correlated with pACTH increases (Kudielka et al., 2000), but not in Kirschbaum et al. (1996). Schommer et al.”
Sex differences in anxiety and depression clinical perspectives (2014, background): “Sex differences in HPA axis regulation are much smaller and less consistent in humans than rodents (Kudielka and Kirschbaum, 2005; Panagiotakopoulos and Neigh, 2014) and most anxiety disorders do not show any consistent perturbation of the HPA axis.”
Chronic stress, cognitive functioning and mental health. (2011, neutral): “Investigations of acute stress exposure in laboratory settings repeatedly demonstrate that men display a higher cortisol stress response compared to women (Kajantie & Phillips, 2006; Kudielka & Kirschbaum, 2005).”
Stress-related and basic determinants of hair cortisol in humans: A meta-analysis. (2016, neutral): “…men exhibit enhanced 24-h urinary glucocorticoid metabolite excretion (Remer et al., 2008) and cortisol stress reactivity (Kudielka et al., 2009; Kudielka and Kirschbaum, 2005), but it does not match others findings in males, e.g. reduced total plasma cortisol reactivity to CRH challenge…”
The effects of sex and hormonal status on the physiological response to acute psychosocial stress. (2006, background): “Over the past decade, however, the situation has become much clearer as a result of the development of psychological tests able to generate adequate HPAA responses, for example the Trier Social Stress Test (Kirschbaum et al., 1993; reviewed by Dickerson and Kemeny, 2004; Kudielka and Kirschbaum, 200”
The cortisol awakening response (CAR): facts and future directions. (2009, background): “…structures modulating HPA axis activity and differences in gonadal steroid hormone secretion and corticosteroid binding globulin levels between males and females have shown to influence basal and stress-induced activation of the HPA axis (for review see, Kudielka and Kirschbaum, 2005; Viau, 2002).”