Friday, October 16, 2009

Low waking and Secretion of Cortisol Associated with the Presence and Genesis of Fatigue.

New study shows that low salivary waking cortisol and flat slope of diurnal secretion associated with fatigue. Cortisol is associated with future fatigue and cortisol secretion occurs early in the genesis of fatigue.

Kumaria, M., Badrick, E., Chandola, T., Adam, E. K., Stafford, M., Marmot, M. G., Kirschbaum, C., and Kivimaki, M. (2009). Cortisol secretion and fatigue: Associations in a community based cohort. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 34(10):1476-1485. http://www.citeulike.org/user/HEIRS/article/5951174

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