2017
Stress and Implantation Failure
Deaton J, Patel B, Johnston-MacAnanny E, Yu J, Whirledge S, Wilson A, David Wininger J, Shu Y, Taylor R, Berga S. Stress and Implantation Failure. 2017, 103-124. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71967-2_7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImplantation failureHCG productionSecretion of estradiolHPO axisMenstrual bleedingOvarian axisEndometrial developmentMetabolic factorsElevated glucocorticoidsEndometriumInappropriate exposureEndocrine signalsLaboratory stressorPutative mechanismsQuantitative exposureImplantationFemale reproductionEstradiolOvulationHealthy blastocystAlterationsFailureExposureBleedingObesity
2010
Glucocorticoids, stress, and fertility.
Whirledge S, Cidlowski JA. Glucocorticoids, stress, and fertility. Minerva Endocrinologica 2010, 35: 109-25. PMID: 20595939, PMCID: PMC3547681.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLevels of glucocorticoidsGonadal functionNormal brain developmentTestes/ovariesLevels of glucoseLife-long effectsFetal exposureMaternal exposureStress-related behaviorsAdrenal functionExogenous glucocorticoidsAdrenal axisGonadal axisNeuroendocrine functionGlucocorticoid inhibitionAnatomical sitesPrenatal stressElevated glucocorticoidsGlucocorticoidsPituitary glandReproductive functionBrain developmentStressful challengesFat breakdownMultiple tissues