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The cortisol response to psychological challenge is preceded by a transient rise in endogenous inhibitor of monoamine oxidaseA Clow
The Psychophysiology and Stress Research Group, School of Biological and Health Sciences, University of Westminster, London
Life Sci 61:567-75. 1997..This finding lends further support to the notion that endogenous generation of MAO-AI is a normal homeostatic regulatory mechanism...- An investigation into asymmetrical cortical regulation of salivary S-IgA in conscious man using transcranial magnetic stimulationAngela Clow
The Psychophysiology and Stress Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, UK
Int J Psychophysiol 47:57-64. 2003.... - Post-awakening cortisol secretion during basic military trainingA Clow
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, UK
Int J Psychophysiol 60:88-94. 2006..We conclude that when controlling for many confounding variables, including participant adherence, post-awakening cortisol levels are sensitive to stressful challenge over a period of weeks... - The impact of psychological stress on immune function in the athletic populationA Clow
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1R 8AL, UK
Exerc Immunol Rev 7:5-17. 2001.... - The awakening cortisol response: methodological issues and significanceA Clow
Psychophysiology and Stress Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, London, UK
Stress 7:29-37. 2004..Its putative role in the regulation of physiological function across the day (e.g. the immune system) and its sensitivity to psychosocial variables make it a prime candidate as an intermediary linking mind and health... 
The cortisol awakening response: more than a measure of HPA axis functionAngela Clow
Psychophysiology and Stress Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, London, UK
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 35:97-103. 2010..An association between the CAR and the ending of sleep inertia is discussed...- Endogenous monoamine oxidase inhibitory activity and HPA activation in the pigA Clow
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, London, UK
Life Sci 66:35-41. 2000..We conclude that generation of MAO-AI, which is associated with HPA activation induced by psychological stress, is not a component of the pathways involved in immunological stimulation of the HPA axis... - State associations with the cortisol awakening response in healthy femalesTobias Stalder
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, London, UK
Psychoneuroendocrinology 35:1245-52. 2010..The results are discussed within the context of previous evidence and potential implications for cross-sectional research are highlighted... - A randomised placebo-controlled trial of oral hydrocortisone for treating tobacco withdrawal symptomsMichael Ussher
Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 ORE, UK
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 216:43-51. 2011..A greater decline in cortisol is associated with more intense cigarette withdrawal symptoms, urge to smoke and relapse to smoking. Findings from an uncontrolled study suggest that glucocorticoids could ameliorate cigarette withdrawal... - Use of a single case study design to examine state variation in the cortisol awakening response: relationship with time of awakeningTobias Stalder
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, UK
Psychoneuroendocrinology 34:607-14. 2009.... - Seasonal differences in the diurnal pattern of cortisol secretion in healthy participants and those with self-assessed seasonal affective disorderLisa Thorn
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, London, UK
Psychoneuroendocrinology 36:816-23. 2011..These findings contribute to the understanding of the physiology of SAD... - Associations between the cortisol awakening response and heart rate variabilityTobias Stalder
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, UK
Psychoneuroendocrinology 36:454-62. 2011.... - Associations between psychosocial state variables and the cortisol awakening response in a single case studyTobias Stalder
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B2UW, UK
Psychoneuroendocrinology 35:209-14. 2010..The results are discussed within the context of previous evidence and potential implications for cross-sectional research are highlighted... - The cortisol awakening response, seasonality, stress and arousal: a study of trait and state influencesLisa Thorn
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, UK
Psychoneuroendocrinology 34:299-306. 2009.... - Diurnal patterns of salivary cortisol and DHEA in adolescent anorexia nervosaAndrea Oskis
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London, W1B 2UW, UK
Stress 15:601-7. 2012..However, the parallel diurnal profiles for AN and HC participants, including the CAR, may indicate hypersecretion per se rather than differential regulation of the diurnal pattern of these two adrenal steroids in AN... - Components of the diurnal cortisol cycle in relation to upper respiratory symptoms and perceived stressSue Edwards
Psychophysiology and Stress Research Group, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Psychosom Med 65:320-7. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: URI symptoms were associated with two related dynamic components of the cortisol cycle as determined by synchronization to awakening, whereas stress was related to a measure of overall secretory activity... - The cortisol awakening response is related to executive function in older agePhil Evans
Psychophysiology and Stress Research Group, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1BN 2UW, United Kingdom
Int J Psychophysiol 84:201-4. 2012.... - The effect of dawn simulation on the cortisol response to awakening in healthy participantsL Thorn
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1R 8AL, UK
Psychoneuroendocrinology 29:925-30. 2004..This study provides supportive evidence for the role of light and the suprachiasmatic nucleus in the awakening cortisol response... - The cortisol awakening response in contextAngela Clow
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, London W1B2UW, UK
Int Rev Neurobiol 93:153-75. 2010.... - Anxious attachment style and salivary cortisol dysregulation in healthy female children and adolescentsAndrea Oskis
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, London, UK
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 52:111-8. 2011..Attachment style has been linked with basal cortisol secretion in healthy adult women. We investigated whether dysregulation in basal cortisol secretion may be evident in younger healthy females... - Diurnal patterns of salivary cortisol across the adolescent period in healthy femalesA Oskis
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, UK
Psychoneuroendocrinology 34:307-16. 2009.... - Exploration of the awakening cortisol response in relation to diurnal cortisol secretory activityS Edwards
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, London, UK
Life Sci 68:2093-103. 2001..AUC was representative of underlying diurnal activity but AURC was not. Measurement at any time point, 3, 6, 9 or 12 hours post-awakening was representative of the underlying 12-hour diurnal activity... - The awakening cortisol response and blood glucose levelsF H Hucklebridge
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Westminster, London, UK
Life Sci 64:931-7. 1999..These data challenge the view that an oxidisable substrate for energy metabolism is permissive for cortisol responses. In addition the present findings do not support a predominantly gluconeogenic role for morning cortisol activation... - The awakening cortisol response: no evidence for an influence of body postureF Hucklebridge
Psychophysiology and Stress Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Westminster, 115, New Cavendish Street, W1M 8JS, London, UK
Life Sci 71:639-46. 2002..Under the conditions of the present study we found no evidence that the postural shift supine to standing could induce a cortisol secretory episode such as to contribute towards the awakening response... - The diurnal patterns of the adrenal steroids cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in relation to awakeningF Hucklebridge
Psychophysiology and Stress Research Group, Department of Human and Health Sciences, University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6UW, UK
Psychoneuroendocrinology 30:51-7. 2005..The secretory pattern of DHEA is very stable whereas cortisol secretory activity seems more sensitive to day-to-day variability... - The relationship between salivary secretory immunoglobulin A and cortisol: neuroendocrine response to awakening and the diurnal cycleF Hucklebridge
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Westminster, London, UK
Int J Psychophysiol 31:69-76. 1998..An early morning acrophase was followed by a decline to a stable base some 6 h after awakening. The physiological significance of these relationships and possible implications for vulnerability to infection are discussed... - The relationship between circadian patterns of salivary cortisol and endogenous inhibitor of monoamine oxidase AF Hucklebridge
School of Biosciences, University of Westminster, London, UK
Life Sci 62:2321-8. 1998..Both patterns of decline were significant (P< 0.01). Taken together with previously reported psychological stress studies these findings suggest a possible relationship between MAO-AI and HPA activity... - Regional and molecular separation of the four bioactivities of 'tribulin'F Hucklebridge
The Psychophysiology and Stress Research Group, School of Biosciences, University of Westminster, London, UK
Neurosci Lett 240:29-32. 1998..Hence we present two lines of evidence that, contrary to the original view, tribulin is composed of a number of distinct molecular components... - Modulation of secretory immunoglobulin A in saliva; response to manipulation of moodF Hucklebridge
Psychophysiology and Stress Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Westminster, London, UK
Biol Psychol 53:25-35. 2000..In these studies, we found no evidence that transient lowering of mood was downregulatory for salivary sIgA. The predominant finding was of sIgA mobilisation... - Reduction in cortisol after smoking cessation among users of nicotine patchesMichael Ussher
Division of Community Health Sciences Psychology, St George s, University of London, London, UK
Psychosom Med 68:299-306. 2006..We examined whether a decrease in cortisol is evident in smokers trying to quit using nicotine patches and whether cortisol is related to withdrawal symptoms, smoking urges, subjective stress, nicotine dependence, and smoking relapse... - Association between time of awakening and diurnal cortisol secretory activityS Edwards
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, W1R 8AL, London, UK
Psychoneuroendocrinology 26:613-22. 2001..These findings support the notion of a close association between suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) control of both awakening and cortisol secretory activity... - Cortisol secretory activity in older people in relation to positive and negative well-beingP Evans
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, UK
Psychoneuroendocrinology 32:922-30. 2007..We conclude that cortisol secretion in the first 45 min following awakening is distinct from the rest of the day and most able to discriminate well-being states... - Suspected non-adherence and weekend versus week day differences in the awakening cortisol responseL Thorn
Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, UK
Psychoneuroendocrinology 31:1009-18. 2006..Analysis controlling for SNA status had no effect upon the observed associations with Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and awakening time however it abolished the otherwise highly significant flatter profile at weekends... - Low frequency noise enhances cortisol among noise sensitive subjects during work performanceKerstin Persson Waye
Department of Environmental Medicine, Goteborg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
Life Sci 70:745-58. 2002..The impact of long-term exposure to moderate noise levels, and particularly low frequency noise, in the workplace deserves further investigation... - Stressful life events are associated with low secretion rates of immunoglobulin A in saliva in the middle aged and elderlyAnna C Phillips
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Brain Behav Immun 20:191-7. 2006.... - Effects of nighttime low frequency noise on the cortisol response to awakening and subjective sleep qualityKerstin Persson Waye
Department of Environmental Medicine, Goteborg University, Box 414, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
Life Sci 72:863-75. 2003..This study thus showed that night time exposure to LFN may affect the cortisol response upon wake up and that lower cortisol levels after awakening were associated with subjective reports of lower sleep quality and mood... - Acute reduction in secretory immunoglobulin A following smoking cessationMichael Ussher
Department of Community Health Sciences Psychology, Hunter Wing, St George s Hospital Medical School, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 ORE, UK
Psychoneuroendocrinology 29:1335-40. 2004..The observed decrease in S-IgA may help to explain the increased susceptibility of smokers to upper respiratory tract infections in the immediate post-cessation period...