Psychosocial stress increases testosterone in patients with borderline personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and healthy participants
Abstract Background The gonadal hormone testosterone not only regulates sexual behavior but is also involved in social behavior and cognition in both sexes. Changes in testosterone secretion in response to stress have been reported. In addition, stress associated mental disorders such as borderline...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-02-01
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| Series: | Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40479-021-00145-x |