Intra-individual psychological and physiological responses to acute laboratory stressors of different intensity

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 227-236

  Skoluda, Nadine ^a   Strahler, Jana ^a   Schlotz, Wolff ^b   Niederberger, Larissa ^c   Marques, Sofia ^c   Fischer, Susanne ^a   Thoma, Myriam V ^c   Spoerri, Corinne ^c   Ehlert, Ulrike ^c   Nater, Urs M ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EMPIRICAL AESTHETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpha amylase; Cold pressor test; Cortisol; Ergometer; Heart rate; Laboratory stressor; Stress reactivity; Stroop test; Trier Social Stress Test

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SALIVA LEVEL; STROOP TEST; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANXIETY; CHEMISTRY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PERCEPTION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920617839     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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