The normalization of the cortisol awakening response and of the cortisol shift profile across consecutive night shifts-An experimental study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1501-1509

  Griefahn, Barbara ^a   Robens, Sibylle ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Cortisol awakening response; Diurnal cortisol profiles; Experimental night work

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP STAGE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SALIVA; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650169101     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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