Free cortisol awakening responses are influenced by awakening time

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 174-184

  Federenko, Ilona ^a   Wüst, Stefan ^a   Hellhammer, Dirk H ^a   Dechoux, Ralph ^b   Kumsta, Robert ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b Caritas Clinic ^*  (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Awakening time; Circadian rhythm; Cortisol awakening response; Salivary cortisol; Shift work

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STUDENT; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0242352514     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(03)00021-0     Document Type: Article

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