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Dissociation Between Reactivity of the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and the Sympathetic-Adrenal-Medullary System to Repeated Psychosocial Stress

From the Center for Psychobiology and Psychosomatic Research (N.C.S., D.H.H., C.K.), University of Trier, Trier, Germany; and Institute of Experimental Psychology (C.K.), University of Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany.

View larger version (47K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Endocrine and heart rate responses after the three stress tests (±SEM) for the total group.

View larger version (46K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. HPA stress responses of high and low HPA responders (±SEM) (ACTH: N = 27 high responders and 31 low responders).

View larger version (50K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Peripheral catecholamine and heart rate responses of high and low responders (±SEM).