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Psychosomatic Medicine, Vol 50, Issue 3 295-303, Copyright © 1988 by American Psychosomatic Society

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Psychologic stress increases plasma levels of prolactin, cortisol, and POMC-derived peptides in man

JL Meyerhoff, MA Oleshansky and EH Mougey
Department of Medical Neurosciences, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20307-5100.

Stressful social interactions have been shown to elicit increases in heart rate as well as in plasma levels of epinephrine, norepinephrine, and cortisol in humans. We sought to determine whether a competitive oral examination would affect plasma levels of the pituitary hormones ACTH, beta-endorphin, beta-lipotrophic hormone, and prolactin in a group of healthy young males. Seven min after beginning the examination, heart rate increased 27% and plasma levels of ACTH, beta-endorphin, beta-lipotropic hormone and prolactin rose 59%, 79%, 42%, and 46%, respectively, compared to values shortly before the examination. These hormone values returned to initial levels after the subjects returned to the waiting room. Plasma cortisol changes were similar in direction to those of ACTH but occurred about 15 min later. The present study demonstrates that a stressful social interaction can elicit rapid increases in plasma levels of the proopiomelanocortin derived peptide hormones and prolactin in man.


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