Women with PTSD have lower basal salivary cortisol levels later in the day than do men with PTSD: A preliminary study

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 234-236

  Freidenberg, Brian M ^a   Gusmano, Rebecca ^a   Hickling, Edward J ^a   Blanchard, Edward B ^a   Bremner, J Douglas ^b   Frye, Cheryl ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Gender; Glucocorticoid; Motor vehicle accident; MVA; PTSD

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVOR; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 72649107449     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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