Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 736-747 , July 2006

The four-dimensional stress test: Psychological, sympathetic–adrenal–medullary, parasympathetic and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal responses following inhalation of 35% CO2

  • Mark A. Wetherell

      Affiliations

    • MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol, UK
    • Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK. Tel.: +44 117 928 7228; fax: +44 117 928 7236.
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  • Anna L. Crown

      Affiliations

    • Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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  • Stafford L. Lightman

      Affiliations

    • Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    • ,
  • Jeremy N.V. Miles

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences (Area 42), University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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  • Joey Kaye

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia
    • ,
  • Kavita Vedhara

      Affiliations

    • MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol, UK

Received 1 March 2005 ,Revised 15 February 2006 ,Accepted 17 February 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.02.005

Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 736-747 , July 2006

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