Preliminary evidence for reduced cortisol responsivity to psychological stress in women using oral contraceptive medication

ADRENOCORTICAL ACTIVATION FOLLOWING STRE

ADRENOCORTICAL ACTIVATION FOLLOWING STRESSFUL EXERCISE: FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR ATTENUATED FREE CORTISOL RESPONSES IN WOMEN USING ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES

✍ KIRSCHBAUM, CLEMENS ;PLATTE, PETRA ;PIRKE, KARL-MARTIN ;HELLHAMMER, DIRK 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 539 KB

Free cortisol, heart rate and affective responses to bicycle ergometry were studied in 31 women using oral contraceptives (OC) and 22 control women. While OC users and control women showed significant increases in both free cortisol and heart rate, OC users had significantly attenuated cortisol resp