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Title
Salivary cortisol for assessment of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function.
Authors
Törnhage, Carl-Johan
Abstract
Cortisol is an important hormone/steroid in the regulation of intermediate metabolism and stress. It exists in free (unbound) and protein-bound forms in serum but only in a free form in saliva. The free form is the biologically active one. There is an advanced biofeedback system regulating the cortisol secretion/concentration by the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.