Are salivary gonadal steroid concentrations influenced by acute psychosocial stress? A study using the @entity6100 ( XXXX ).

@entity1 @entity6100 @entity251 @entity230 @entity1420 @entity53 @entity701 @entity444 @entity5475 @entity774
It is well documented that acute stress activates the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the @entity774 . Results regarding the hypothalamus @entity444 , in contrast, are less consistent. Stress-associated increases as well as decreases have been reported for @entity251 and @entity53 . In the present study, healthy young male (n=39) and female @entity1 (n=44, all tested in the luteal phase) were randomly assigned to a well-evaluated psychosocial stress protocol (" @entity6100 ", @entity6100 ) or to a non-stressful control condition ("Placebo- @entity6100 "). Salivary concentrations of @entity701 , alpha-amylase, @entity251 , @entity1420 , and @entity53 were measured immediately before and twice (10 and 25 min) after the treatment. As was to be expected, @entity701 - and @entity5475 -concentrations increased in response to the stressor. Stressed @entity1 showed a more pronounced increase of @entity701 than stressed @entity1 . In contrast, acute stress did not affect @entity251 -, @entity1420 -, and @entity53 -concentrations. The results of the present study suggest that an acute psychosocial laboratory stress or has no strong rapid effects on salivary gonadal @entity230 . In line with several previous studies the findings might suggest that stress-induced changes in gonadal steroids occur in response to physical stressors, to competitive stressors or to more severe stressors only.
