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Nicole C. Schommer
Researcher at University of Trier
Publications - 12
Citations - 5400
Nicole C. Schommer is an academic researcher from University of Trier. The author has contributed to research in topics: Trier social stress test & Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 12 publications receiving 5160 citations. Previous affiliations of Nicole C. Schommer include Free University of Berlin.
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Impact of gender, menstrual cycle phase, and oral contraceptives on the activity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis.
TL;DR: Although men seem to have a stronger hypothalamic drive in response to stressful stimulation than women, differences in salivary-free cortisol levels, at least in part, may be explained by estradiol-induced changes in corticosteroid-binding protein levels.
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The cortisol awakening response - normal values and confounds.
Stefan Wüst,Jutta M. Wolf,Dirk H. Hellhammer,Ilona S. Federenko,Nicole C. Schommer,Clemens Kirschbaum +5 more
TL;DR: It is strongly suggested that neither age, nor the use of oral contraceptives, habitual smoking, time of awakening, sleep duration or using / not using an alarm clock have a considerable impact on free cortisol levels after awakening.
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Persistent high cortisol responses to repeated psychological stress in a subpopulation of healthy men.
Clemens Kirschbaum,Jens C. Prüssner,Arthur A. Stone,Ilona S. Federenko,Jens Gaab,Doris Lintz,Nicole C. Schommer,Dirk H. Hellhammer +7 more
TL;DR: The hypothesis that some subjects may not readily show habituation of adrenocortical stress responses to repeated psychological stress is tested, finding that a combination of five personality scales plus the scores on a symptoms checklist significantly discriminated between high and low responders.
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Acute HPA axis responses, heart rate, and mood changes to psychosocial stress (TSST) in humans at different times of day
TL;DR: It is concluded that comparable HPA axis and heart rate stress responses to psychosocial stress can be measured in the morning and afternoon and the finding that the TSST-induced mood change was differentially affected by time of day requires further exploration.
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Dissociation between reactivity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and the sympathetic-adrenal-medullary system to repeated psychosocial stress.
TL;DR: Although HPA responses quickly habituate, the sympathetic nervous system shows rather uniform activation patterns with repeated exposure to psychosocial challenge, which concludes that habituation to Psychosocial stress seems to be specific for a given response system.