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Salivary cortisol as a biomarker in stress research.
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The present paper addresses several psychological and biological variables, which may account for such dissociations, and aims to help researchers to rate the validity and psychobiological significance of salivary cortisol as an HPAA biomarker of stress in their experiments.About:
This article is published in Psychoneuroendocrinology.The article was published on 2009-02-01. It has received 1472 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Adrenocorticotropic hormone.read more
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Reflections on the interaction of psychogenic stress systems in humans: the stress coherence/compensation model.
TL;DR: The different systems involved in the perception and processing of stressful stimuli on an anatomical and functional level and the available measures to assess changes in these systems are described, and the interaction of these systems is explored.
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Effects of a Humor Therapy Program on Stress Levels in Pediatric Inpatients
Julio C. Sánchez,Luis Felipe Echeverri,Manuel José Londoño,Sergio Andrés Ochoa,Andrés Felipe Quiroz,César Ramón Romero,Joaquín Octavio Ruiz +6 more
TL;DR: Himor therapy has beneficial effects on stress and cortisol levels in pediatric inpatients, which supports the implementation and reinforcement of these therapies in pediatric hospitals.
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Hostility and physiological responses to laboratory stress in acute coronary syndrome patients.
Lena Brydon,Philip C. Strike,Mimi R. Bhattacharyya,Daisy L. Whitehead,Jean R. McEwan,Ian Zachary,Andrew Steptoe +6 more
TL;DR: Hostile individuals with advanced cardiovascular disease may be particularly susceptible to stress-induced increases in sympathetic activity and inflammation, which may contribute to an elevated risk of emotionally triggered cardiac events in such patients.
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Mediators of Yoga and Stretching for Chronic Low Back Pain
TL;DR: Qualitative data suggest that both self-efficacy and hours of back exercise were the strongest mediators for each intervention, compared to self-care, and that they may exert their benefits through partially distinct mechanisms.
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Virtually stressed? A refined virtual reality adaptation of the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) induces robust endocrine responses.
TL;DR: It is concluded that VR adaptations of in-vivo stressors have the potential to induce real physiological and subjective reactions in real or virtual settings.
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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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Free Cortisol Levels after Awakening: A Reliable Biological Marker for the Assessment of Adrenocortical Activity
Jens C. Pruessner,Oliver T. Wolf,Dirk H. Hellhammer,Angelika Buske-Kirschbaum,K. von Auer,Silke Jobst,F. Kaspers,Clemens Kirschbaum +7 more
TL;DR: Early morning cortisol levels can be a reliable biological marker for the individual's adrenocortical activity when measured repeatedly with strict reference to the time of awakening, in contrast to single assessments at fixed times.
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Maternal care during infancy regulates the development of neural systems mediating the expression of fearfulness in the rat
Christian Caldji,Beth Tannenbaum,Shakti Sharma,Darlene D. Francis,Paul M. Plotsky,Michael J. Meaney +5 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that maternal care during infancy serves to "program" behavioral responses to stress in the offspring by altering the development of the neural systems that mediate fearfulness.
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Limbic system mechanisms of stress regulation: hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis.
TL;DR: The influence of the limbic system on the HPA axis is likely the end result of the overall patterning of responses to given stimuli and glucocorticoids, with the magnitude of the secretory response determined with respect to the relative contributions of the various structures.
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The cortisol awakening response (CAR): Facts and future directions
TL;DR: It is hypothesized that the anticipation of the upcoming day is of major relevance for the magnitude of the cortisol awakening response, and considerations are addressed concerning the exact function of the CAR.