Seasonal differences in the diurnal pattern of cortisol secretion in healthy participants and those with self-assessed seasonal affective disorder

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 816-823

  Thorn, Lisa ^a   Evans, Phil ^a   Cannon, Anne ^a   Hucklebridge, Frank ^a   Clow, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Cortisol awakening response; Diurnal cortisol; Saliva; Seasonal affective disorder; Seasonal differences; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; DEPRESSION; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF EVALUATION; SUMMER; WAKEFULNESS; WINTER;

ADULT; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPERIOD; SALIVA; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 79956298554     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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