Human hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to acute psychosocial stress in laboratory settings

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-96

  Foley, Paul ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute psychosocial stress; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis; Immune response to stress; Sympathetic nervous system; Trier Social Stress Test

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE STRESS; AGE; GENDER; GENOTYPE; HABITUATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; THREAT; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST;

HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955919926     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.01.010     Document Type: Review

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