Salivary cortisol as a biomarker in stre
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Dirk H. Hellhammer; Stefan Wüst; Brigitte M. Kudielka
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Article
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2009
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Salivary cortisol is frequently used as a biomarker of psychological stress. However, psychobiological mechanisms, which trigger the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPAA) can only indirectly be assessed by salivary cortisol measures. The different instances that control HPAA reactivity (hippoca