Salivary α-amylase stability, diurnal profile and lack of response to the cold hand test in young women

Stress

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 549-554

  O'Donnell, K ^a   Kammerer, M ^a,b   O'Reilly, R ^a   Taylor, A ^a,c   Glover, V ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amylase; Cold pressor test; Cortisol; Diurnal variation; Salivary

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE; ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; HAND; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SALIVA LEVEL; THERMOSTABILITY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; COLD; ENZYMOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENZYME STABILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; SALIVA; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 75749117569     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890902822664     Document Type: Article

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