Use of a resting control day in measuring the cortisol response to mental stress: Diurnal patterns, time of day, and gender effects

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1253-1258

  Lovallo, William R ^a,b   Farag, Noha H ^c   Vincent, Andrea S ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Diurnal cycle; Gender; Mental stress; Reactivity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REST; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

EID: 77955561628     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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