Individual differences in the diurnal cycle of cortisol

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-105

  Smyth, Joshua M ^a   Ockenfels, Margit C ^b   Gorin, Amy A ^a   Catley, Delwyn ^a   Porter, Laura S ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^b   Hellhammer, Dirk H ^b   Stone, Arthur A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

cortisol; daily experience; diurnal cycle; psychological; stress; symptoms

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS;

EID: 0030976343     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(96)00039-X     Document Type: Article

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