Cortisol, alpha amylase, and daily stressors in spouses of persons with mild cognitive impairment

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 666-679

  Savla, Jyoti ^a   Granger, Douglas A ^b   Roberto, Karen A ^a,c   Davey, Adam ^d   Blieszner, Rosemary ^a   Gwazdauskas, Frank ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry in stress response; Caregivers; Salivary alpha amylase; Salivary cortisol; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOOD DISORDER; RESTLESSNESS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SPOUSE; STRESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-AMYLASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; SALIVA; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84884322093     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032654     Document Type: Article

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