Individual differences in the cortisol and salivary α-amylase awakening responses in early childhood: Relations to age, sex, and sleep

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1300-1315

  Bright, Melissa A ^a   Frick, Janet E ^b   Out, Dorothee ^c,d   Granger, Douglas A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Cortisol awakening response; HPA axis; Infancy; Salivary alpha amylase; Toddler

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGE; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; MALE; SALIVA; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84905219973     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21209     Document Type: Article

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