Chronic but not acute hydrocortisone treatment shifts the response to an orthostatic challenge towards parasympathetic activity

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-68

  Nonell, Annemarie ^a   Bodenseh, Stephanie ^a   Lederbogen, Florian ^a   Kopf, Daniel ^a   Hamann, Bettina ^a   Gilles, Maria ^a   Deuschle, Michael ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroids; Autonomous nervous system; Catecholamines; Clinical neuroendocrinology; Orthostatic challenge; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PLACEBO;

ADRENALIN RELEASE; ADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MALE; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPINEPHRINE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 20944440550     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084894     Document Type: Article

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