Association between Cold Face Test-induced vagal inhibition and cortisol response to acute stress

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 420-429

  Marca, Roberto La ^a   Waldvogel, Patricia ^a   Thörn, Hanna ^a   Tripod, Mélanie ^a   Wirtz, Petra H ^a   Pruessner, Jens C ^b   Ehlert, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute psychosocial stress; Cortisol reactivity; Vagal function

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551701143     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01078.x     Document Type: Article

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