Covariance between psychological and endocrine responses to pharmacological challenge and psychosocial stress: A question of timing

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 787-796

  Schlotz, Wolff ^a,b   Kumsta, Robert ^a,c   Layes, Irmgard ^c   Entringer, Sonja ^c   Jones, Alexander ^b   Wüst, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activation; Anxiety; Cortisol; Covariance; HPA axis; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; EDETIC ACID; HORMONE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BLOOD; BODY MASS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MATHEMATICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BODY MASS INDEX; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EDETIC ACID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649156730     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181810658     Document Type: Article

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