Dissecting the impact of sleep and stress on the cortisol awakening response in young adults

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-16

  Vargas, Ivan ^a   Lopez Duran, Nestor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol awakening response; Life stress; Salivary cortisol; Sleep diary

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; STRESS; YOUNG ADULT;

CORTISOL AWAKENING RESPONSE; LIFE STRESS; SALIVARY CORTISOL; SLEEP DIARY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SALIVA; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893371464     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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