Clinical Correlates of 24-H Cortisol and Norepinephrine Excretion Among Subjects Seeking Treatment Following the World Trade Center Attacks on 9/11
Whereas trauma-associated arousal has been linked fairly consistently with elevations in both glucocorticoids and catecholamines, neuroendocrine correlates of hyperarousal in the context of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been more variable. Further, neuroendocrine predictors of the development of PTSD following trauma have been related to prior exposure, and data from several laboratories suggests that hyperarousal may develop in a neuroendocrine milieu of relatively diminished basal glucocorticoid secretion. Method
24-h cortisol norepinephrine 9/11 ptsd