Sex differences in glucocorticoid sensitivity of proinflammatory cytokine production after psychosocial stress

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 966-972

  Rohleder, Nicolas ^b   Schommer, Nicole C ^a   Hellhammer, Dirk H ^a   Engel, Renate ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

HPA axis; Inflammatory disease; Psychosocial stress; Salivary cortisol; Sex differences; Trier Social Stress Test

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035192184     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200111000-00016     Document Type: Article

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