Salivary alpha amylase-cortisol asymmetry in maltreated youth

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-103

  Gordis, Elana B ^a   Granger, Douglas A ^b   Susman, Elizabeth J ^b   Trickett, Penelope K ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Child maltreatment; Cortisol; Salivary alpha amylase; Social stress

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA-AMYLASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 37349027542     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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