Morning cortisol secretion in school-age children is related to the sleep pattern of the preceding night

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 297-301

  Lemola, Sakari ^a   Perkinson Gloor, Nadine ^a   Hagmann von Arx, Priska ^a   Brand, Serge ^b,c   Holsboer Trachsler, Edith ^b   Grob, Alexander ^a   Weber, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Childhood; Cortisol; Cortisol awakening response (CAR); HPA axis; Sleep architecture; Sleep electroencephalography

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; SLEEP ARCHITECTURE; SLEEP CONTINUITY; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 84922674434     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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