Endotext.com - CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS OF THE HPA AXIS AND STRESS

	INTRODUCTION
	PULSATILITY OF HPA HORMONE
	EVALUATION OF HORMONAL RHYTHMICITY
	Pulse analysis
	Spectral (Fourier) analysis
	Cross-correlation analysis
	Bayesian and cosinor analysis
	Deconvolution analysis
	APPROXIMATE ENTROPY AND CROSS-APPROXIMATE ENTROPY
	ROLE OF LEPTIN IN HPA RHYTHMICITY
	HPA DYSREGULATION BY DISEASE
	Stress
	PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ALTERED CIRCADIAN HPA ACTIVITY
	CONCLUSIONS