Salivary α-amylase as a measure of endogenous adrenergic activity

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 433-448

  Chatterton Jr , Robert T ^a   Vogelsong, Kirsten M ^b   Lu, Yu Cai ^b   Ellman, Allison B ^b   Hudgens, Gerald A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cold; Examinations; Exercise; Heat; Plasma epinephrine; Plasma norepinephrine; Salivary amylase; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMYLASE; CATECHOLAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STRESS; WRITING;

EID: 10144228431     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.1996.tb00731.x     Document Type: Article

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