Neuroendocrine activation during combined mental and physical stress in women depends on trait anxiety and the phase of the menstrual cycle

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1148, Issue , 2008, Pages 520-525

  Hlavacova, Natasa ^a   Wawruch, Martin ^b   Tisonova, Jana ^b   Jezova, Daniela ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Comenius University ^*  (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cognitive performance; Cortisol; Menstrual cycle phase; Personality traits; Stress response; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HAND GRIP; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; SALIVA LEVEL; STROOP TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 57649223727     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1410.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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