| Literature DB >> 20226843 |
Henning Budde1, Sascha Pietrassyk-Kendziorra2, Sebastian Bohm2, Claudia Voelcker-Rehage3.
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Little is known about the influence of physical and cognitive stress on the concentration of steroid hormones (SHs) in a school setting. Forty high school students from the 9th grade were randomly assigned to two intervention groups: physical and cognitive stress. Saliva collection took place before (pre-test) and after (post-test) 12 min of high intensity exercise in a defined heart rate (HR) interval (70-85% HR (max); n=19) and cognitive testing (Letter Digit Span and d2-test, n=21), respectively. Saliva was analyzed for testosterone (T) and cortisol (C). Results indicated a significant increase of T and C due to a physical but not cognitive stressor. Thus, only the physical stressor was capable of activating the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) and the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis. 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20226843 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.03.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurosci Lett ISSN: 0304-3940 Impact factor: 3.046