Altered salivary alpha-amylase awakening response in Bosnian War refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 810-817

  Thoma, Myriam Verena ^a   Joksimovic, Ljiljana ^b   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^c   Wolf, Jutta Manuela ^a   Rohleder, Nicolas ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inflammatory regulation; Posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD; SAA; Salivary alpha amylase; SNS; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; DEXAMETHASONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AMYLASE RELEASE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HARVARD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; WAR;

ADULT; ALPHA-AMYLASES; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOKINES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SALIVA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84859864612     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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