Gender differences in cardiovascular and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to psychological stress in healthy older adult men and women

Stress

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-140

  Traustadottir T ^a   Bosch, P R ^a   Matt, K S ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Gender; HPA axis; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 18144434752     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1025389031000111302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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