Does quantity have a quality all its own? Cumulative adversity and up- and down-regulation of circadian salivary cortisol levels in healthy children

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1410-1415

  Gustafsson, Per E ^a   Anckarsäter, Henrik ^b   Lichtenstein, Paul ^c   Nelson, Nina ^d   Gustafsson, Per A ^d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adversity; Children; Cortisol; Cumulative stressors; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; UPREGULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN-REGULATION; HEALTH; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PERIODICITY; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; UP-REGULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 77957747730     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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