Urinary cortisol and endogenous monoamine oxidase inhibitor(s), but not isatin, are raised in anticipation of stress and/or arousal in normal individuals

Stress Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-49

  Doyle, A ^a   Pang, F Y ^a   Bristow, M ^a   Hucklebridge, F ^a   Evans, P ^a   Clow, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; Cortisol; Isatin; Monoamine oxidase inhibitory activity; Stress; Tribulin; Urine

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; ISATIN; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; TRIBULIN;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; TIME; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0030040292     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199601)12:1<43::AID-SMI677>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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