Psychological, autonomic and neuroendocrine responses to acute stressors in the combined dexamethasone/CRH test: A study in healthy subjects

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 95-104

  Oshima, Akihiko ^a,b   Miyano, Hideichi ^c   Yamashita, Saori ^a   Owashi, Toshimi ^a   Suzuki, Shinichi ^d   Sakano, Yuji ^c   Higuchi, Teruhiko ^e  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e 1 7 1 Kohnodai   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold pressor; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Mental arithmetic; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TEST; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PULSE RATE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0034983038     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3956(01)00010-3     Document Type: Article

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