C. Kirschbaum

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The 'Trier Social Stress Test'--a tool for investigating psychobiological stress responses in a laboratory setting.
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The results suggest that gender, genetics and nicotine consumption can influence the individual's stress responsiveness to psychological stress while personality traits showed no correlation with cortisol responses to TSST stimulation.
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Two formulas for computation of the area under the curve represent measures of total hormone concentration versus time-dependent change
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The cortisol awakening response (CAR): facts and future directions.
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The cortisol awakening response - normal values and confounds.
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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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Impact of gender, menstrual cycle phase, and oral contraceptives on the activity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis.
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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.
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Sex differences in HPA axis responses to stress: a review
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Salivary cortisol in psychoneuroendocrine research: Recent developments and applications
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Salivary cortisol in psychobiological research: an overview.
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This overview intends to give a comprehensive introduction to the method of salivary cortisol assessment and to briefly discuss its application in different scientific disciplines.
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Assessment of the cortisol awakening response: Expert consensus guidelines
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