Salivary cortisol (sCort) and salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) constitute proxy measures of the
two major stress response systems, ie the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the …

Clinical laboratory medicine has seen the introduction and evolution of liquid
chromatography tandem mass spectrometry in routine clinical laboratories over the last 10 …

Supportive social relationships can reduce both psychological and physiological responses
to stressful experiences. Recently, studies have also assessed the potential for social …

Circadian rhythms play a critical role in the physiological processes involved in energy
metabolism and energy balance (EB). A large array of metabolic processes, including the …

Actigraphy is a cost‐efficient method to estimate sleep–wake patterns over long periods in
natural settings. However, the lack of methodological standards in actigraphy research …

Sleep patterns change dramatically across the earliest years of life and play an important
role in children's daytime functioning. As a result, psychological research has taken an …

Sleep disorders are commonplace in our modern societies. Specialized hospital
departments are generally overloaded, and sleep assessment is an expensive process in …

Women who have experienced interpersonal violence (IPV) are at a higher risk to develop
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary …

Sleep is intimately linked with the stress response system. While the evidence for this
connection has been systematically reviewed in the adult literature, to our knowledge no …

Background In adults, hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis activity shows sexual
dimorphism, and this is thought to be a mechanism underlying sex-specific disease …