Topic · Stress Responses and Cortisol
Most cited papers in Stress Responses and Cortisol
What are the most cited papers in Stress Responses and Cortisol?
The most cited paper in Stress Responses and Cortisol is "Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults" (Vincent J. Felitti, Robert F. Anda, Dale F. Nordenberg et al., 1998), with 18,997 citations. Next come "Molecular Mechanisms of Depression: Perspectives on New Treatment Strategies" (8,499) and "Influence of Life Stress on Depression: Moderation by a Polymorphism in the 5-HTT Gene" (8,164).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 2,134 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults Vincent J. Felitti, Robert F. Anda, Dale F. Nordenberg et al. · American Journal of Preventive Medicine | May 1998 | 18,997 |
| 2 | Molecular Mechanisms of Depression: Perspectives on New Treatment Strategies Undine Emmi Lang, Stefan Borgwardt · Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry | 2013 | 8,499 |
| 3 | Influence of Life Stress on Depression: Moderation by a Polymorphism in the 5-HTT Gene Avshalom Caspi, Karen Sugden, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. · Science | 17 Jul 2003 | 8,164 |
| 4 | From inflammation to sickness and depression: when the immune system subjugates the brain Robert Dantzer, Jason C. O’Connor, Gregory G. Freund et al. · Nature reviews. Neuroscience | 12 Dec 2007 | 7,434 |
| 5 | Protective and Damaging Effects of Stress Mediators Bruce S. McEwen · New England Journal of Medicine | 15 Jan 1998 | 6,716 |
| 6 | How Do Glucocorticoids Influence Stress Responses? Integrating Permissive, Suppressive, Stimulatory, and Preparative Actions* Robert Morris Sapolsky, L. Michael Romero, Allan U. Munck · Endocrine Reviews | Feb 2000 | 6,620 |
| 7 | Effects of stress throughout the lifespan on the brain, behaviour and cognition SONIA J. LUPIEN, Bruce S. McEwen, Megan R. Gunnar et al. · Nature reviews. Neuroscience | 29 Apr 2009 | 6,297 |
| 8 | Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior Ian C.G. Weaver, Nadia Cervoni, Frances A. Champagne et al. · Nature Neuroscience | 27 Jun 2004 | 6,205 |
| 9 | The ‘Trier Social Stress Test’ – A Tool for Investigating Psychobiological Stress Responses in a Laboratory Setting Clemens Kirschbaum, Karl‐Martin Pirke, Dirk Helmut Hellhammer · Neuropsychobiology | 22 Feb 2008 | 6,194 |
| 10 | Acute Stressors and Cortisol Responses: A Theoretical Integration and Synthesis of Laboratory Research. Sally S. Dickerson, Margaret E. Kemeny · Psychological Bulletin | 2004 | 5,904 |
| 11 | Validation of open : closed arm entries in an elevated plus-maze as a measure of anxiety in the rat Sharon Pellow, Philippe Chopin, Sandra E. File et al. · Journal of Neuroscience Methods | Aug 1985 | 5,844 |
| 12 | The adolescent brain and age-related behavioral manifestations LINDA PATIA SPEAR · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews | Jun 2000 | 5,518 |
| 13 | A new and sensitive method for measuring thermal nociception in cutaneous hyperalgesia Kenneth Hargreaves, Ronald A. Dubner, Frederick J. Brown et al. · Pain | 1988 | 5,230 |
| 14 | Stress, Adaptation, and Disease: Allostasis and Allostatic Load Bruce S. McEwen · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences | May 1998 | 5,076 |
| 15 | Physiology and Neurobiology of Stress and Adaptation: Central Role of the Brain Bruce S. McEwen · Physiological Reviews | Jul 2007 | 4,968 |
| 16 | Role of Genotype in the Cycle of Violence in Maltreated Children Avshalom Caspi, Joseph L. McClay, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. · Science | 2 Aug 2002 | 4,873 |
| 17 | A Meta-Analysis of Cytokines in Major Depression Yekta Dowlati, Nathan Herrmann, Walter Swardfager et al. · Biological Psychiatry | 17 Dec 2009 | 4,780 |
| 18 | Stress and the brain: from adaptation to disease E. R. de Kloet, Marian Joëls, Florian Holsboer · Nature reviews. Neuroscience | 13 May 2005 | 4,657 |
| 19 | The enduring effects of abuse and related adverse experiences in childhood Robert F. Anda, Vincent J. Felitti, J. Douglas Bremner et al. · European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience | 26 Nov 2005 | 4,308 |
| 20 | Stress and the Individual Bruce S. McEwen · Archives of Internal Medicine | 27 Sep 1993 | 4,058 |
| 21 | Characterization of a 41-Residue Ovine Hypothalamic Peptide That Stimulates Secretion of Corticotropin and β-Endorphin Wylie Vale, Joachim Spiess, CATHERINE L. RIVIER et al. · Science | 18 Sep 1981 | 3,979 |
| 22 | The role of inflammation in depression: from evolutionary imperative to modern treatment target Andrew H. Miller, Charles L. Raison · Nature reviews. Immunology | 29 Dec 2015 | 3,963 |
| 23 | Inflammation and Its Discontents: The Role of Cytokines in the Pathophysiology of Major Depression Andrew H. Miller, Vladimir Maletic, Charles L. Raison · Biological Psychiatry | 16 Jan 2009 | 3,889 |
| 24 | Fitness Effects on the Cognitive Function of Older Adults Stanley J. Colcombe, Arthur F. Kramer · Psychological Science | Mar 2003 | 3,799 |
| 25 | Autoradiographic and histological evidence of postnatal hippocampal neurogenesis in rats Joseph Altman, Gopal D. Das · The Journal of Comparative Neurology | Jun 1965 | 3,588 |
| 26 | The Neuroendocrinology of Stress: A Never Ending Story Stafford Louis Lightman · Journal of Neuroendocrinology | Jun 2008 | 3,574 |
| 27 | The tail suspension test: A new method for screening antidepressants in mice Lucien Stéru, Raymond Chermat, Bernard Thierry et al. · Psychopharmacology | Mar 1985 | 3,563 |
| 28 | Epigenetic regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor in human brain associates with childhood abuse Patrick O. McGowan, Aya Sasaki, Ana C. D’Alessio et al. · Nature Neuroscience | 22 Feb 2009 | 3,539 |
| 29 | Are the Dorsal and Ventral Hippocampus Functionally Distinct Structures? Michael S. Fanselow, Hong‐Wei Dong · Neuron | 2010 | 3,475 |
| 30 | Neural regulation of endocrine and autonomic stress responses Yvonne M. Ulrich‐Lai, James P. Herman · Nature reviews. Neuroscience | 13 May 2009 | 3,354 |
| 31 | Psychological Stress and the Human Immune System: A Meta-Analytic Study of 30 Years of Inquiry. Suzanne C. Segerstrom, Gregory E. Miller · Psychological Bulletin | 2004 | 3,353 |
| 32 | Biobehavioral responses to stress in females: Tend-and-befriend, not fight-or-flight. Shelley E. Taylor, Laura Cousino Klein, Brian P. Lewis et al. · Psychological Review | 2000 | 3,319 |
| 33 | The concept of allostasis in biology and biomedicine Bruce S. McEwen, John C. Wingfield · Hormones and Behavior | 2003 | 3,310 |
| 34 | Stress signalling pathways that impair prefrontal cortex structure and function Amy F.T. Arnsten · Nature reviews. Neuroscience | 20 May 2009 | 3,306 |
| 35 | A meta-analysis of heart rate variability and neuroimaging studies: Implications for heart rate variability as a marker of stress and health Julian Francis Thayer, Fredrik Åhs, Mats G. Fredrikson et al. · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews | 11 Dec 2011 | 3,272 |
| 36 | Contributions of the Amygdala to Emotion Processing: From Animal Models to Human Behavior Elizabeth A. Phelps, Joseph E. LeDoux · Neuron | Oct 2005 | 3,256 |
| 37 | Stress and disorders of the stress system George Panagiotis Chrousos · Nature Reviews Endocrinology | 2 Jun 2009 | 3,226 |
| 38 | Autonomic nervous system activity in emotion: A review Sylvia D. Kreibig · Biological Psychology | 5 Apr 2010 | 3,218 |
| 39 | Neurobiology of Depression Eric J. Nestler, Michel Barrot, Ralph Dileone et al. · Neuron | Mar 2002 | 3,204 |
| 40 | Psychological Stress and Disease Sheldon Cohen, Denise Janicki‐Deverts, Gregory E. Miller · JAMA | 9 Oct 2007 | 3,195 |
| 41 | Maternal Care, Hippocampal Glucocorticoid Receptors, and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Responses to Stress Dong Liu, Josie C. Diorio, Beth M. Tannenbaum et al. · Science | 12 Sep 1997 | 3,185 |
| 42 | Comparison of two modes of stress measurement: Daily hassles and uplifts versus major life events Allen D. Kanner, James C. Coyne, Catherine A. Schaefer et al. · Journal of Behavioral Medicine | Mar 1981 | 3,155 |
| 43 | Fears, phobias, and preparedness: Toward an evolved module of fear and fear learning. Arne Öhman, Susan Mineka · Psychological Review | 2001 | 3,146 |
| 44 | Emotional processing in anterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex Amit Etkin, Tobias Egner, Raffaël Kalisch · Trends in Cognitive Sciences | 17 Dec 2010 | 3,108 |
| 45 | The use of the elevated plus maze as an assay of anxiety-related behavior in rodents Alicia A. Walf, Cheryl Anne Frye · Nature Protocols | Feb 2007 | 3,106 |
| 46 | Effect of Treatment With Low Doses of Hydrocortisone and Fludrocortisone on Mortality in Patients With Septic Shock Djillali Annane · JAMA | 21 Aug 2002 | 3,104 |
| 47 | Physiological Functions of Glucocorticoids in Stress and Their Relation to Pharmacological Actions* Allan U. Munck, Paul M. Guyre, Nikki J. Holbrook · Endocrine Reviews | 1984 | 3,104 |
| 48 | Beyond diathesis stress: Differential susceptibility to environmental influences. Jay Belsky, Michael Pluess · Psychological Bulletin | 2009 | 3,062 |
| 49 | Cytokines sing the blues: inflammation and the pathogenesis of depression Charles L. Raison, Lucile Capuron, Andrew H. Miller · Trends in Immunology | 29 Nov 2005 | 3,023 |
| 50 | Rapid Systematic Review: The Impact of Social Isolation and Loneliness on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in the Context of COVID-19 Maria Elizabeth Loades, Eleanor Chatburn, Nina Higson‐Sweeney et al. · Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | 3 Jun 2020 | 3,011 |
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