Technical and clinical aspects of cortisol as a biochemical marker of chronic stress

BMB Reports

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 209-216

  Lee, Do Yup ^a   Kim, Eosu ^b   Choi, Man Ho ^c  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Cortisol; Hair; Mass spectrometry; Metabolomics; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ALLOSTASIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA MINING; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ALLOSTASIS; ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA MINING; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; METABOLOMICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84929297665     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2015.48.4.275     Document Type: Review

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