Sex differences in the interleukin-6 response to acute psychological stress

Biological Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 236-239

  Edwards, Kate M ^a   Burns, Victoria E ^a   Ring, Christopher ^a   Carroll, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Interleukin 6; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 32344448890     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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