Habituation of cortisol responses to repeated psychosocial stress - Further characterization and impact of genetic factors

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-211

  Wüst, Stefan ^a   Federenko, Ilona S ^a   Van Rossum, Elisabeth F C ^b   Koper, Jan W ^b   Hellhammer, Dirk H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GR polymorphisms; Heritability; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis; Pharmacological challenge; Trier Social Stress Test (TSST)

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; EXERCISE TEST; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HABITUATION; HERITABILITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SENSITIZATION; TWINS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SALIVA; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 4744340624     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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