Chronotype but not sleep length is related to salivary testosterone in young adult men

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1740-1744

  Randler, Christoph ^a   Ebenhöh, Nadine ^a   Fischer, Arian ^a   Höchel, Sandra ^a   Schroff, Christina ^a   Stoll, Julia Christin ^a   Vollmer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronotype; Circadian rhythm; Morningness Eveningness; Sleep duration; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONOTYPE; COMPOSITE SCALE OF MORNINGNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP TIME; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SLEEP; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865570927     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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