Is afternoon cortisol more reliable than waking cortisol in association studies of children with an ASD?

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 155, Issue , 2016, Pages 218-223

  Sharpley, Christopher F ^a,b   Bitsika, Vicki ^a   Andronicos, Nicholas M ^b   Agnew, Linda L ^b  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Autism; Cortisol; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; AUTISM; BURNOUT; CHILD; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LIFE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WAKEFULNESS; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; COMPLICATION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA;

ANXIETY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BIOMARKERS; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84951825243     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.12.020     Document Type: Review

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