Pituitary-Adrenal Responses to Daily Stressors Using Dexamethasone

Malarkey, William B.

Abstract

The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) and sympathetic-adrenal-medullary (SAM) systems are implicated in the human stress syndrome. They have been found to be affected by strong metabolic stressors and infusions of CRH. This study investigates the hypothesis that CRH stimulates both the HPA and the SAM systems. In order to determine if CRH was significantly involved in tonic as well as pyschologic stress induced catecholamine levels in man, 24 normal male undergraduate students were infused with either saline solution or dexamethasone.

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
• Type: General Clinical Research Centers Program (M01)
• Project #: 5M01RR000034-35
• Application #: 3739075
• Support Year: 35
• Fiscal Year: 1995

Institution

• Name: Ohio State University
• DUNS #: 098987217
• City: Columbus
• State: OH
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 43210

Publications

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Lee, Kyoung Suk; Lennie, Terry A; Yoon, Ju Young et al. (2017) Living Arrangements Modify the Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Self-care in Patients With Heart Failure. J Cardiovasc Nurs 32:171-179

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Landon, Mark B; Grobman, William A; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal–Fetal Medicine Units Network (2016) What We Have Learned About Trial of Labor After Cesarean Delivery from the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Cesarean Registry. Semin Perinatol 40:281-6

Blackwell, Sean C; Landon, Mark B; Mele, Lisa et al. (2016) Relationship Between Excessive Gestational Weight Gain and Neonatal Adiposity in Women With Mild Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Obstet Gynecol 128:1325-1332

Navari, Rudolph M; Qin, Rui; Ruddy, Kathryn J et al. (2016) Olanzapine for the Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting. N Engl J Med 375:134-42

Salazar, Ashley; Tolivaisa, Susan; Allard, Donna et al. (2016) What we have learned about best practices for recruitment and retention in multicenter pregnancy studies. Semin Perinatol 40:321-7

Harper, Lorie M; Mele, Lisa; Landon, Mark B et al. (2016) Carpenter-Coustan Compared With National Diabetes Data Group Criteria for Diagnosing Gestational Diabetes. Obstet Gynecol 127:893-8

Kirkby, Stephen E; Hayes Jr, Don; Parsons, Jonathan P et al. (2015) Eucapnic Voluntary Hyperventilation to Detect Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction in Cystic Fibrosis. Lung 193:733-8