Meanings of dysphoric mood in English

In women with high dysphoric mood, elevated cortisol response was associated with low hypothalamo-hippocampal connectivity.

In those with worse dysphoric mood, elevated cortisol response predicted lower activity in hypothalamus and hippocampus.

In order to test the specificity of this stress buffering, we also examined it with regard to dysphoric mood.

Overall, our findings demonstrated sex-dependent deficits in response to negative affective stimuli increasing as a function of dysphoric mood state.