Stress, cortisol, and B lymphocytes: a novel approach to understanding academic stress and immune function

McGregor, Bonnie A.; Murphy, Karly M.; Ceballos, Rachel M.

doi:10.3109/10253890.2015.1127913

Stress

2016

DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2015.1127913

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Stress, cortisol, and B lymphocytes: a novel approach to understanding academic stress and immune function

Bonnie A. McGregor

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Karly M. Murphy

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Rachel M. Ceballos

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“…There have been some controversies about the relationship between cortisol AUC and stress. McGregor et al 20 reported that the AUC of cortisol was slightly reduced during the period just before qualifying examinations at the end of academic year in university students, contrary to our finding. The discrepancy may come from the period of stress or emotional instability.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, the difference in baseline cortisol AUC levels should be noted. The average level of cortisol AUC throughout the entire day in the routine situation was about 2.0 µg/dL, much lower than the 8.95 µg/dL (89.46 ng/mL) in the study of McGregor et al 20 This may indicate different cortisol responses in the stressful situation.…”

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confidence: 59%

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Salivary Cortisol Profile Under Different Stressful Situations in Female College Students: Moderating Role of Anxiety and Sleep

Suh

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2018

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

“…There have been some controversies about the relationship between cortisol AUC and stress. McGregor et al 20 reported that the AUC of cortisol was slightly reduced during the period just before qualifying examinations at the end of academic year in university students, contrary to our finding. The discrepancy may come from the period of stress or emotional instability.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, the difference in baseline cortisol AUC levels should be noted. The average level of cortisol AUC throughout the entire day in the routine situation was about 2.0 µg/dL, much lower than the 8.95 µg/dL (89.46 ng/mL) in the study of McGregor et al 20 This may indicate different cortisol responses in the stressful situation.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 59%

Salivary Cortisol Profile Under Different Stressful Situations in Female College Students: Moderating Role of Anxiety and Sleep

Suh

¹

2018

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

“…McGregor et al 20 reported that the AUC of cortisol was slightly reduced during the period just before qualifying examinations at the end of academic year in university students, contrary to our finding. The discrepancy may come from the period of stress or emotional instability.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, the difference in baseline cortisol AUC levels should be noted. The average level of cortisol AUC throughout the entire day in the routine situation was about 2.0 Hg/dL, much lower than the 8.95 Hg/dL (89.46 ng/mL) in the study of McGregor et al 20 This may indicate different cortisol responses in the stressful situation.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 59%

Salivary Cortisol Profile Under Different Stressful Situations in Female College Students: Moderating Role of Anxiety and Sleep

Suh

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2018

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

“…In sum, an endocrine-centered approach grounded in HPA and sympathetic physiology offers a rigorous framework to examine whether pandemic-era behavioral shifts corresponded to changes in stress-hormone biology in young adults. This focus aligns with established psychobiological models and with prior evidence in student samples, providing a rationale for hypothesis-driven analyses of stress-hormone levels before, during, and after the COVID-19 period [ 3 , 7 , 8 , 11 ].…”

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Stress Biomarkers in Young Adult University Students Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

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Anetaki

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Anetakis

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

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