Preliminary evidence for reduced cortisol responsivity to psychological stress in women using oral contraceptive medication

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 509-514

  Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a   Pirke, Karl martin ^a   Hellhammer, Dirk H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affect; Contraceptive pill; Cortisol; Humans; Laboratory stressor; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EUROPE; FAMILY PLANNING; GERMANY; HORMONES; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; STRESS--MEN; STRESS--WOMEN; STUDIES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029017335     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(94)00078-O     Document Type: Article

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