Children's internalizing symptoms: The role of interactions between cortisol and respiratory sinus arrhythmia

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-232

  El Sheikh, Mona ^a   Arsiwalla, Dilbur D ^a   Hinnant, J Benjamin ^a   Erath, Stephen A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cortisol; Depression; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Parasympathetic nervous system; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RESPIRATION; SALIVA;

EID: 79952741336     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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