The cortisol awakening response in infants: Ontogeny and associations with development-related variables

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 552-559

  Stalder, Tobias ^a   Bäumler, Damaris ^a   Miller, Robert ^a   Alexander, Nina ^a   Kliegel, Matthias ^b   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cortisol awakening response; Development; Infant; Ontogeny; Sleep

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACCURACY; ACTIMETRY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; INFANT; MONITORING; ONTOGENY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SLEEP; WRIST ACTIGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL FUNCTION TESTS; SALIVA; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84875053990     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.07.015     Document Type: Article

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