Salivary cortisol as a biomarker in stress research

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-171

  Hellhammer, Dirk H ^a   Wüst, Stefan ^a,b   Kudielka, Brigitte M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTH; AVP; Cortisol; CRF; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; BINDING PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISSOCIATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; VALIDITY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 58349110342     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.10.026     Document Type: Article

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