Salivary cortisol levels and stress reactivity in human aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Nicolson, Nancy ^a   Storms, Chantal ^a   Ponds, Rudolf ^a   Sulon, José ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SPEECH; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031003096     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/52A.2.M68     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Munck A, Guyre PM, Holbrook NJ. Physiological functions of glucocorticoids in stress and their relation to pharmacological actions. Endocr Rev 1984;5:25-44.
2. Hunt GE, Johnson GFS, Caterson ID. The effect of age on cortisol and plasma dexamethasone concentrations in depressed patients and controls. J Affect Disord 1989;17:21-32.
3. Barton RN, Horan MA, Weijers JWM, Sakkee AN, Roberts NA, van Bezooijen CFA. Cortisol production rate and the urinary excretion of 17-hydroxycorticosteroids, free cortisol, and 6β-hydroxycortisol in healthy elderly men and women. J Gerontol Med Sci 1993;48:M213-8.
4. Blichert-Toft B, Blichert-Toft M. Adrenocortical function in the aged, assessed by the rapid corticotrophin test (Synacthen®). Acta Endocrinol 1970;64:410-4.
5. Cartlidge NEF, Black MM, Hall MRP, Hall R. Pituitary function in the elderly. Gerontol Clin 1970;12:65-70.
6. Jensen HK, Blichert-Toft M. Serum corticotropin, plasma cortisol and urinary excretion of 17-ketogenic steroids in the elderly (age group: 66-94 years). Acta Endocrinol 1971;66:25-34.
7. Murray D, Wood PJ, Moriarty J, Clayton BE. Adrenocortical function in old age. J Clin Exp Gerontol 1981;3:255-68.
8. Olsson T, Viitanen M, Hägg E, et al. Hormones in "young" and "old" elderly: pituitary-thyroid and pituitary-adrenal axes. Gerontology 1989;35:144-52.
9. Waltman C, Blackman MR, Chrousos GP, Riemann C, Harman SM. Spontaneous and glucocorticoid-inhibited adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisol secretion are similar in healthy young and old men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1991;73:495-502.
10. West CD, Brown H, Simons EL, Carter DB, Kumagai LF, Englert E. Adrenocortical function and cortisol metabolism in old age. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1961;21:1197-207.
11. Pavlov EP, Harman SM, Chrousos GP, Loriaux DL, Blackman MR. Responses of plasma adrenocorticotropin, cortisol, and dehydroepiandrosterone to ovine corticotropin-releasing hormone in healthy aging men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1986;62:767-72.
12. Armanini D. Corticosteroid receptors in lymphocytes: a possible marker of brain involution? J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1994;49: 429-34.
13. Rozenberg S, Bosson D, Peretz A, Caufriez A, Robyn C. Serum levels of gonadotrophins and steroid hormones in the post-menopause and later life. Maturitas 1988;10:215-24.
14. Drafta D, Schindler AE, Stroe E, Neacsu E. Age-related changes of plasma steroids in normal adult males. J Steroid Biochem 1982;17:683-7.
15. Maes M, Calabrese J, Lee M, Meltzer HY. Effects of age on spontaneous cortisolaemia of normal volunteers and depressed patients. Psychoneuroendocrinology 1994;19:79-84.
16. Wagner JA, Horvath SM, Kitagawa K, Bolduan NW. Comparisons of blood and urinary responses to cold exposures in young and older men and women. J Gerontol 1987;42:173-9.
17. Greenspan SL, Rowe JW, Maitland LA, McAloon-Dyke M, Elahi D. The pituitary-adrenal glucocorticoid response is altered by gender and disease. J Gerontol Med Sci 1993;48:M72-7.
18. Sharma M, Palacios-Bois J, Schwartz G, et al. Circadian rhythms of melatonin and cortisol in aging. Biol Psychiat 1989;25:305-19.
19. Copinschi G, Van Cauter E. Effects of ageing on modulation of hormonal secretions by sleep and circadian rhythmicity. Horm Res 1995;43:20-4.
20. Dodt C, Theine KJ, Uthgenannt D, Born J, Fehm HL. Basal secretory activity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis is enhanced in healthy elderly. An assessment during undisturbed night-time sleep. Eur J Endocrinol 1994;131:443-50.
21. Seeman TE, Robbins RJ. Aging and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal response to challenge in humans. Endocr Rev 1994;15:233-60.
22. Heuser U, Gotthardt U, Schweiger U, et al. Age-associated changes of pituitary-adrenocortical hormone regulation in humans: importance of gender. Neurobiol Aging 1994;15:227-31.
23. Kirschbaum C, Wüst S, Hellhammer D. Consistent sex differences in cortisol responses to psychological stress. Psychosom Med 1992;54:648-57.