Role of hormonal compounds in regulating electrolyte metabolism in emotional stress
Afonin, B.V.; Orlov, L.L.; Kalita, N.F.; Vinting, T.A.; Tigranyan, R.A.
Kosmicheskaia Biologiia i Aviakosmicheskaia Meditsina 16(3): 13-16
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0321-5040 PMID: 6285076 Document Number: 195808
The emotional stress simulated by examinations taken by medical students led to a decrease of sodium concentration in blood. This was a result of a simultaneous increase of mineralocorticoids and a decrease of glucocorticoids responsible for sodium concentration in blood. Both inhibition of glucocorticoids and stimulation of mineralocorticoids were associated with a high activity of plasma renin and a low concentration of adrenocorticotropic hormone.