Endocrine correlates of personality traits: A comparison between emotionally stable and emotionally labile healthy young men

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 205-210

  Adler, Lothar ^a   Wedekind, Dirk ^a   Pilz, Jürgen ^a   Weniger, Godehard ^a   Huether, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Cortisol; Emotionality; Melatonin; Noradrenaline; Personality; Stress; Testosterone; Urinary excretion

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; NORADRENALIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENALIN RELEASE; ADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; MALE; NIGHT; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MELATONIN; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030943917     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119346     Document Type: Article

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