Born to yawn? Cortisol linked to yawning: A new hypothesis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 861-862

  Thompson, Simon B N ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; FATIGUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS; THERMOREGULATION; YAWNING;

COLD TEMPERATURE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; YAWNING;

EID: 80053965623     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.07.056     Document Type: Article

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