Chronic stress exposure decreases the cortisol awakening response in healthy young men

Stress

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 630-637

  Duan, Hongxia ^a   Yuan, Yiran ^a   Zhang, Liang ^a   Qin, Shaozheng ^b   Zhang, Kan ^a   Buchanan, Tony W ^c   Wu, Jianhui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Cortisol awakening response; Exam; Hypoactivity; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenocortical axis; Male

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHRONIC STRESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NATIONAL POSTGRADUATE ENTRANCE EXAM; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SLEEP TIME; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; WORKING TIME;

ANXIETY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885604106     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2013.840579     Document Type: Article

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