High-throughput screening of brief naturalistic stress-responsive cytokines in university students taking examinations
S Katsuura, Y Kamezaki, K Tominaga, K Masuda… - International journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
This study was designed to prospectively examine the impact of a brief naturalistic stressor
(academic examination) on salivary/serum cortisol, measures of anxiety and depressive
mood, and 50 circulating immune mediators assessed 7days before, the first day of, and
2days after the first term examination period (5days) among 20 male and 6 female medical
students (19.7±3.1 years, mean±SD). Of 42 serum factors detected, repeated measures
ANOVA and Bonferroni post hoc testing indicated that concentrations of macrophage …
(academic examination) on salivary/serum cortisol, measures of anxiety and depressive
mood, and 50 circulating immune mediators assessed 7days before, the first day of, and
2days after the first term examination period (5days) among 20 male and 6 female medical
students (19.7±3.1 years, mean±SD). Of 42 serum factors detected, repeated measures
ANOVA and Bonferroni post hoc testing indicated that concentrations of macrophage …