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24-h individual cortisol profile showing the minimum (nadir), the maximum (acrophase), the onset of the circadian rise, and the amplitude of the cortisol profile. After a nadir during the early night, there is an important rise in ACTH and cortisol in the late night, reaching a peak near the awakening time, driven by circadian oscillators, such as sleep.
