Casino gambling increases heart rate and salivary cortisol in regular gamblers

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 948-953

  Meyer, Gerhard ^a   Hauffa, Berthold P ^b   Schedlowski, Manfred ^b   Pawlak, Cornelius ^c   Stadler, Michael A ^a   Exton, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

addiction; Arousal; Field study; Gambling; Heart rate; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVATION;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; GAMBLING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034333128     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(00)00888-X     Document Type: Article

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