An increase in salivary interleukin-6 level following acute psychosocial stress and its biological correlates in healthy young adults

Biological Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 249-254

  Izawa, Shuhei ^a,b   Sugaya, Nagisa ^c   Kimura, Kenta ^d   Ogawa, Namiko ^e   Yamada, Kosuke C ^f   Shirotsuki, Kentaro ^g   Mikami, Ikuyo ^e   Hirata, Kanako ^e   Nagano, Yuichiro ^h   Nomura, Shinobu ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science ^*

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Tokai Women's Junior College   (Japan)

^h BUNKYO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Heart rate; Interleukin 6; Psychosocial stress; Saliva

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SPEECH; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CORTISOL; HEART RATE; INTERLEUKIN-6; PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS; SALIVA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; SALIVA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882938475     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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