Elevated alpha-amylase but not cortisol in generalized social anxiety disorder

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1313-1321

  van Veen, J F ^a   van Vliet, I M ^a   DeRijk, R H ^b   van Pelt, J ^a   Mertens, B ^a   Zitman, F G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpha amylase; Autonomic nervous system; Hydrocortisone; Hypothalamo hypophyseal system; Phobic disorders; Pituitary adrenal system

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRESS; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ALPHA-AMYLASES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA;

EID: 56249109043     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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