Sex Matters: Anxiety and Aggression Predict Cortisol Responsivity in Men but Not Women.
BACKGROUND: Sexual dimorphism in the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis can influence sex-specific patterns of response to stressors. While a host of findings exist on sex differences in stress-induced activity of the HPA axis and associated mechanisms in rodents, less is known about the intricacies of sex differences i.....