Blunted salivary and plasma cortisol response in patients with panic disorder under psychosocial stress

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-39

  Petrowski, Katja ^a   Wintermann, Gloria Beatrice ^a   Schaarschmidt, Marco ^a   Bornstein, Stefan R ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal cortical (HPA) axis; Panic disorder; Plasma ACTH; Plasma cortisol; Salivary cortisol; Trier Social Stress Test; TSST

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE SALIVA LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; SEX RATIO; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877610944     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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