Association between subjective and cortisol stress response depends on the menstrual cycle phase

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3155-3159

  Duchesne, Annie ^a   Pruessner, Jens C ^a,b  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular stress responses; Cortisol; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Menstrual cycle; Psychosocial stress; Subjective stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEART STRESS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STRESS; SUBJECTIVE STRESS;

CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS RESPONSES; CORTISOL; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS; SUBJECTIVE STRESS;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUATION; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888308246     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.08.009     Document Type: Article

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