Assessment of the cortisol awakening response: Expert consensus guidelines

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 414-432

  Stalder, Tobias ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a   Kudielka, Brigitte M ^b   Adam, Emma K ^c   Pruessner, Jens C ^d   Wüst, Stefan ^b   Dockray, Samantha ^e   Smyth, Nina ^f   Evans, Phil ^f   Hellhammer, Dirk H ^g   Miller, Robert ^a   Wetherell, Mark A ^h   Lupien, Sonia J ⁱ   Clow, Angela ^f  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^g and Stresszentrum Trier ^*  (Germany)

^h NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adherence; CAR; Covariates; Guidelines; Measurement; Saliva

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACCURACY; ACTIMETRY; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CONSENSUS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; EXPERT WITNESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SALIVA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STANDARDS; WAKEFULNESS;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALIVA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84949843793     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.10.010     Document Type: Review

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