Cortisol serum levels in familial longevity and perceived age: The Leiden Longevity Study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1669-1675

  Noordam, Raymond ^a   Gunn, David A ^b   Tomlin, Cyrena C ^b   Rozing, Maarten P ^a   Maier, Andrea B ^a,c   Slagboom, P Eline ^a,c   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a,c   van Heemst, Diana ^a   De Craen, Anton J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Netherlands Consortium of Healthy Ageing ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortisol; Longevity; Perceived age; Stress resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FAMILIAL LONGEVITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LONGEVITY; MALE; PERCEIVED AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SMOKING; STRESS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84865570209     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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