DHEA and DHEA-S response to acute psychosocial stress in healthy men and women

• Published in: Biological psychology Vol. 90; no. 2; pp. 143 - 149
• Main Authors: Lennartsson, Anna-Karin, Kushnir, Mark M., Bergquist, Jonas, Jonsdottir, Ingibjörg H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.05.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Acute stress; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone - blood; adrenocorticotropin; Adult; age-related-changes; Behavioral psychophysiology; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Pressure - physiology; cortisol; Dehydroepiandrosterone - blood; Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate - blood; dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate; DHEA; DHEA-S; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Heart Rate - physiology; Humans; Hydrocortisone - blood; Male; mass-spectrometry assay; Men and women; Neurosciences; Neurovetenskaper; pituitary-adrenal axis; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psykiatri; Radioimmunoassay; serum; Sex Characteristics; sex-differences; Stress, Psychological - blood; Stress, Psychological - physiopathology; testosterone; Trier Social Stress Test; DHEA; Trier Social Stress Test; Acute stress; DHEA-S; Men and women; Human; Healthy subject; Acute; Male; Psychosocial factor; Stress; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Female; Woman

► DHEA and DHEA-S increase in response to acute psychosocial stress. ► Large inter-individual variation in magnitude of the response was seen. ► No differences in magnitude of response were seen between men and women. ► DHEA response was positively associated with ACTH, cortisol and heart rate respo...