Psychosocial stress but not exercise increases cortisol and reduces state anxiety levels in school classes – results from a stressor applicable in large group settings

CNS and Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1015-1020

  Wegner, Mirko ^a   Müller Alcazar, Anett ^b   Jäger, Anika ^c   Machado, Sergio ^d,e,f   Arias Carrión, Oscar ^g,h   Budde, Henning ^b,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Asklepios Medical School Hamburg   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e National Institute for Translational Medicine INCT TM   (Brazil)

^f SALGADO DE OLIVEIRA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^g HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^h Hospital General Ajusco Medio   (Mexico)

ⁱ REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cortisol; Exercise; School; Social stress test; State anxiety

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPETITIVE STATE ANXIETY INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STRESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ETIOLOGY; METABOLISM; SALIVA; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SALIVA; SCHOOLS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 84922212966     PISSN: 18715273     EISSN: 19963181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871527313666140612103425     Document Type: Article

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