Psychosocial stress-induced activation of salivary alpha-amylase: An indicator of sympathetic activity?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1032, Issue , 2004, Pages 258-263

  Rohleder, Nicolas ^a   Nater, Urs M ^b   Wolf, Jutta M ^a   Ehlert, Ulrike ^b   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpha amylase; Salivary gland; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVATION; STRESS;

EID: 14544292823     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1314.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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