Prolactin in response to acute psychosocial stress in healthy men and women

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1530-1539

  Lennartsson, Anna Karin ^a,b   Jonsdottir, Ingibjörg H ^a,b  

^a Institute of Stress Medicine   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Men and women; Prolactin; Trier Social Stress Test

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROLACTIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80555136108     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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