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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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Why do we respond so differently? Reviewing determinants of human salivary cortisol responses to challenge.
TL;DR: This overview demonstrates the role of age and gender, endogenous and exogenous sex steroid levels, pregnancy, lactation and breast-feeding, smoking, coffee and alcohol consumption as well as dietary energy supply in salivary cortisol responses to acute stress.
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Measuring stress in wildlife: techniques for quantifying glucocorticoids
Michael J. Sheriff,Michael J. Sheriff,Ben Dantzer,Brendan Delehanty,Rupert Palme,Rudy Boonstra +5 more
TL;DR: An overview of the four main biological samples that have been utilized, their advantages and disadvantages for use with wildlife, and some of the background and pitfalls that users must consider in interpreting their results are given.
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Assessment of the cortisol awakening response: Expert consensus guidelines.
Tobias Stalder,Clemens Kirschbaum,Brigitte M. Kudielka,Emma K. Adam,Jens C. Pruessner,Stefan Wüst,Samantha Dockray,Nina Smyth,Phil Evans,Dirk H. Hellhammer,Robert Miller,Mark Wetherell,Sonia J. Lupien,Angela Clow +13 more
TL;DR: Consensus guidelines are presented on central aspects of CAR assessment, including objective control of sampling accuracy/adherence, participant instructions, covariate accounting, sampling protocols, quantification strategies as well as reporting and interpreting of CAR data.
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The influence of urban green environments on stress relief measures: A field experiment
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the psychological and physiological effects of short-term visits to urban nature environments, and found that the salivary cortisol level decreased in a similar fashion in all three urban environments during the experiment.
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The cortisol awakening response: more than a measure of HPA axis function.
TL;DR: Evidence is presented for reduced adrenal sensitivity to rising levels of ACTH in the pre-awakening period, mediated by an extra-pituitary pathway to the adrenal from the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN).
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Review Articles COMORBIDITY OF INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS WITH OTHER UNEXPLAINED CLINICAL CONDITIONS
TL;DR: The hypothesis that interstitial cystitis is not a single disease entity in all patients is considered by reviewing the evidence for the presence of IC subtypes and for the comorbidity of various unexplained clinical conditions in some patients with IC and recent results obtained in humans and in cats with severe feline IC are described.
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Gonadal Steroids Exert Facilitating and "Buffering" Effects on Glucocorticoid-Mediated Transcriptional Regulation of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone and Corticosteroid Receptor Genes in Rat Brain
TL;DR: The results indicate that gonadal steroids have minor influence on MR, GR, and CRH gene transcription under basal conditions, exert “glucocorticoid-like” effects on the transcription of corticosteroid receptors in the hippocampus of steroid-deprived animals, and interact with glucocortioid-mediated mechanisms of regulation in the HPA axis through gender-specific “buffering” and “potentiating’ effects.
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Organizational role for testosterone and estrogen on adult hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in the male rat.
TL;DR: The importance of perinatal exposure to both testosterone and estrogen on the development of a masculinized circadian corticosterone profile and stress-induced hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in the adult male rat is highlighted.
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Anatomy of melancholia: focus on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis overactivity and the role of vasopressin.
TL;DR: Depression is the most consistently described biological abnormality in melancholic depression and vasopressin V3 receptors on the anterior pituitary show enhanced response to AVP stimulation and this enhancement plays a key role in maintaining HPA overactivity.
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A Psychobiological Perspective on Genetic Determinants of Hypothalamus‐Pituitary‐Adrenal Axis Activity
Stefan Wüst,Ilona S. Federenko,Elisabeth F.C. van Rossum,Jan W. Koper,Robert Kumsta,Sonja Entringer,Dirk H. Hellhammer +6 more
TL;DR: Findings suggest that the collaboration of psychobiology and molecular genetics is a promising interdisciplinary approach that will significantly contribute to the understanding of the mechanisms underlying the link between stress, the HPA axis, and HPA‐related clinical states.