The cortisol awakening response and autonomic nervous system activity during nocturnal and early morning periods

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 685-689

  Izawa, Shuhei ^a,b   Sugaya, Nagisa ^b   Yamamoto, Ryuichiro ^b   Ogawa, Namiko ^b   Nomura, Shinobu ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambulatory electrocardiograms; Autonomic nervous system activity; Awakening; Cortisol; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CARDIAC SYMPATHETIC INDEX; CARDIAC VAGAL INDEX; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; LORENZ PLOT INDEX; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 79851504679     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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