Associations between salivary alpha-amylase and catecholamines - A multilevel modeling approach

Biological Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-18

  Ditzen, Beate ^a   Ehlert, Ulrike ^b   Nater, Urs M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha amylase; Epinephrine; Norepinephrine; Pharmacological challenge; Psychosocial stress test; Yohimbine

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME; CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN; PLACEBO; YOHIMBINE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOREPINEPHRINE; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOHIMBINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907464888     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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