High Glucocorticoid Response to 24-h-Shift Stressors in Male but Not in Female Physicians

High Glucocorticoid Response to 24-h-Shift Stressors in Male but Not in Female Physicians

Physicians’ daily work is accompanied by emotional and physical stress, and 24-h shifts are considered to be a major stressor. Effects of stressors on the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis can be evaluated by estimating the glucocorticoid excretion in urine samples. We characterized the impa...

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Main Authors: Claudia Boettcher, Michaela F. Hartmann, Klaus-Peter Zimmer, Stefan A. Wudy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis
gender
response to stressors
physicians
gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
urinary steroid metabolomics
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2017.00171/full

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