پاسخ کورتیزول بزاق و کورتیزول در بیماران مبتلا به اختلال هراس در استرس روان شناختی

These findings provide strong evidence for a hypo-responsiveness of the HPA-axis as measured in both blood and saliva. Salivary and total plasma cortisol showed a strong concordance of results. Thus, future investigations could consider salivary cortisol as reliable marker of the HPA-axis under psychosocial stress.