Clemens Kirschbaum

Determinants of the diurnal course of salivary alpha-amylase (2007)

Nater, Urs M., Rohleder, Nicholas, Schlotz, Wolff, Ehlert, Ulrike, Kirschbaum, Clemens

Objective: Previous data from our group and others have shown that salivary alpha-amylase activity increases in response to stress. It has been suggested that salivary alpha-amylase may be a marker...

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...

The heritability of perceived stress (2006)

Federenko, Ilona S., Schlotz, Wolff, Kirschbaum, Clemens, Bartels, Meike, Hellhammer, Dirk H., Wüst, Stefan

Background. Exploration of the degree to which perceived chronic stress is heritable is important as these self-reports have been linked to stress-related health outcomes. The aims of this study were...

Free cortisol awakening responses are influenced by awakening time (2004)

Federenko, Ilona, Wüst, Stefan, Hellhammer, Dirk H., Dechoux, Ralph, Kumsta, Robert, Kirschbaum, Clemens

Psychobiological investigations on the hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis depend on markers that adequately describe the activity of this system. There is evidence that the free cortisol...

Free cortisol awakening responses are influenced by awakening time (2004)

Federenko, Ilona, Wüst, Stefan, Hellhammer, Dirk H., Dechoux, Ralf, Kumsta, Robert, Kirschbaum, Clemens

Psychobiological investigations on the hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis depend on markers that adequately describe the activity of this system. There is evidence that the free cortisol...

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...