Autoren:	Petrowski, Katja Herhaus, Benedict Conrad, Rupert Bornstein, Stefan R.
Titel:	Hormonal responsiveness in the Trier Social Stress Test and the dexamethasone-corticotropin releasing hormone test in healthy individuals
Online-Publikationsdatum:	27-Apr-2022
Erscheinungsdatum:	2021
Sprache des Dokuments:	Englisch
Zusammenfassung/Abstract:	A number of different laboratory procedures investigate the hormonal response in a standardized pharmacological challenge test (dexamethasone-corticotropin releasing hormone; DEX-CRH) or in a psychosocial stress induction on the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical axis by the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST). However, the magnitude of the response related to the different stressors and the interaction of the responsiveness between the two tests is still unclear. Fifty-two participants underwent both the DEX-CRH test and the TSST on two separate days. The cortisol and the plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) release were assessed before and after the stress tests. For a specification of the cortisol response to both conditions, subgroups of high- and low-cortisol responders to the TSST and the DEX-CRH test were formed. The healthy participants showed a substantial increase in the ACTH and the cortisol concentration after the two tests. This increase was 3 times greater in the TSST than the DEX-CRH test. High responders in both tests demonstrated a higher factor of the cortisol reactivity ratio (TSST/DEX-CRH test). Psychosocial stress as induced by the TSST was associated with a significantly greater increase in cortisol compared to the DEX-CRH test, even though the ACTH response displayed no differences. Our findings indicate an interaction of the hormonal responsiveness between the two tests with regard to the cortisol patterns.
DDC-Sachgruppe:	610 Medizin 610 Medical sciences
Veröffentlichende Institution:	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Organisationseinheit:	FB 04 Medizin
Veröffentlichungsort:	Mainz
ROR:	https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-6913
Version:	Published version
Publikationstyp:	Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Nutzungsrechte:	CC BY-NC-ND
Informationen zu den Nutzungsrechten:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Zeitschrift:	PsyCh journal 10 2
Seitenzahl oder Artikelnummer:	305 317
Verlag:	Blackwell Publishing Asia
Verlagsort:	Carlton, VIC
Erscheinungsdatum:	2021
ISSN:	2046-0260
DOI der Originalveröffentlichung:	10.1002/pchj.424
Enthalten in den Sammlungen:	JGU-Publikationen