Glucocorticoid sensitivity in humans-interindividual differences and acute stress effects

Stress

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-222

  Rohleder, Nicolas ^a   Wolf, Jutta M ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Cytokines; Glucocorticoid sensitivity; HPA axis; Human; Stress

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEX HORMONE; STEROID;

AGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EXERCISE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INDIVIDUAL BASED POPULATION MODEL; INTERINDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIZATION; STRESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGING; ANIMALS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; STRESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0141644111     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1025389031000153658     Document Type: Conference Paper

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