Awakening responses and diurnal fluctuations of salivary cortisol, DHEA-S and alpha-amylase in healthy male subjects

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 475-480

  Ghiciuc, Cristina Mihaela ^a   Cozma Dima, Corina Lucia ^a   Pasquali, Vittorio ^b   Renzi, Paolo ^b   Simeoni, Simona ^b   Lupusoru, Catalina Elena ^a   Patacchioli, Francesca Romana ^b  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Awakening response; Cortisol; DHEA S; Salivary biomarkers; amylase

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SALIVA LEVEL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 80053550805     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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