Acute stress markers in humans: Response of plasma glucose, cortisol and prolactin to two examinations differing in the anxiety they provoke

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-24

  Armario, Antonio ^a   Marti, O ^a   Molina, T ^a,b   De Pablo, J ^b   Valdes, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cortisol; Examination stress; Glucose; Humans; Prolactin; Stress markers

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 0029875743     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(95)00048-8     Document Type: Article

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