hypercortisolemic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hyper- +‎ cortisolemic

Adjective[edit]

hypercortisolemic (comparative more hypercortisolemic, superlative most hypercortisolemic)

  1. Relating to hypercortisolemia
    • 2015 July 22, “Abnormal Social Reward Responses in Anorexia Nervosa: An fMRI Study”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Early studies suggested a rewarding effect of starvation itself through an hypercortisolemic and hyperdopaminergic state [23 ], and, in the same line, the animal model of self-starvation/activity-based anorexia (ABA) has implicated imbalances in the brain reward system in AN, driven merely by modifications in food consumption and starvation [24 ].