Salivary biomarkers of HPA axis and autonomic activity in adults with intellectual disability with and without stereotyped and self-injurious behavior disorders

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-151

  Symons, Frank J ^a   Wolff, Jason J ^b   Stone, Laura S ^c   Lim, Tony K Y ^c   Bodfish, James W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

HPA axis; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (HPA); Salivary; Self injury; Stereotypy; Sympatho adreno medullary system (SAM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958025203     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11689-011-9080-9     Document Type: Article

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