Brigitte M. Kudielka

Is the cortisol awakening rise a response to awakening? (2007)

Wilhelm, Ines, Born, Jan, Kudielka, Brigitte M., Schlotz, Wolff, Wust, Stefan

A distinct rise in cortisol levels that occurs after morning awakening is increasingly used as an indicator of adrenocortical activity which is associated with different pathologies. Although it was...

Compliance with Ambulatory Saliva Sampling in the Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study and Associations with Social Support (2007)

Kudielka, Brigitte M., Hawkley, Louise C., Adam, Emma K., Cacioppo, John T.

Background: Noncompliance with instructed saliva sampling times in ambulatory settings can compromise resulting cortisol findings. Purpose and Methods: Here, the impact of noncompliance on the...

Parity does not alter baseline or stimulated activity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis in women (2006)

Federenko, Ilona S., Wolf, Jutta M., Wust, Stefan, Schlotz, Wolff, Hellhammer, Juliane, Kudielka, Brigitte M., ...

Pregnancy is associated with considerable physiological adaptations, some of which long outlast the state of pregnancy. Although it is well documented that pregnancy produces alterations of the...

Differential Heart Rate Reactivity and Recovery After Psychosocial Stress (TSST) in Healthy Children, Younger Adults, and Elderly Adults: The Impact of Age and Gender (2004)

Kudielka, Brigitte M., Buske-Kirschbaum, Angelika, Hellhammer, Dirk H., Kirschbaum, Clemens

In addition to numerous reports about psychophysiological stress responses to acute stressors, there are few data available on gender differences of stress-induced heart rate responses in multiple...

The effect of natural habituation on coagulation responses to acute mental stress and recovery in men (2004)

Von Känel, Roland, Preckel, Daniel, Zgraggen, Lilian, Mischler, Katharina, Kudielka, Brigitte M., Haeberli, André, ...

Blood coagulation activation might be mechanism linking acute mental stress with coronary events. We investigate the natural habituation of coagulation responses and recovery to short-term mental...

The Interrelationship of Psychosocial Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease in a Working Population: Do We Measure Distinct or Overlapping Psychological Concepts? (2004)

Kudielka, Brigitte M., Von Känel, Roland, Gander, Marie-Luise, Fischer, Joachim E.

There is growing evidence that psychosocial factors contribute to the risk of coronary artery disease. Commonly used psychometric scales share several features leading to questions about whether they...