Plasma vanillylmandelic acid level as an index of psychological stress response in normal subjects

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-16

  Fukuda, Masato ^a   Hata, Akinobu ^a   Niwa, Shin Ichi ^b   Hiramatsu, Ken Ichi ^a   Honda, Hideo ^c   Nakagome, Kazuyuki ^a   Iwanami, Akira ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Yokohama Rehabilitation Center   (Japan)

^d SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 Methoxy 4 hydroxyphenylglycol; 5 Hydroxyindoleacetic acid; Anxiety; Cortisol; Homovanillic acid

Indexed keywords

VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS;

EID: 0030602653     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1781(96)02527-9     Document Type: Article

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