Gender-specific differences in salivary biomarker responses to acute psychological stress

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1098, Issue , 2007, Pages 510-515

  Takai, Noriyasu ^a   Yamaguchi, Masaki ^b   Aragaki, Toshiaki ^a   Eto, Kenji ^a   Uchihashi, Kenji ^a   Nishikawa, Yasuo ^a  

^a OSAKA DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Psychological stress; Saliva

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BETA ENDORPHIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ANXIETY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; SALIVA; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; VIDEOCONFERENCING; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34248155186     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1384.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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