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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-3
pubmed:abstractText
Since previous data of our group showed increased concentrations in HPA axis hormones in sleep deprived rats, we hypothesized that this augmentation could produce effects in other hormonal systems, particularly in the sexual system. Considering that little is known about how the hormonal system changes during the recovery period after sleep deprivation (SD), our objective was to examine from what point SD alters sexual and stress-related hormones along with plasma catecholamine concentrations during 4 days. We also sought to verify the time course of their recovery after an equivalent period of recovery sleep. Rats were deprived of sleep by the platform technique for 1-4 days and were allowed to recover for the same period. Plasma catecholamines [dopamine (DA) and noradrenaline (NOR)], testosterone, estrone, progesterone, prolactin, corticosterone and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) concentrations were measured. Comparisons between groups showed that the SD procedure used in the present study produced marked alterations in almost all studied hormones from 24 h of SD, except for estrone and prolactin (which required 96 h of SD to become altered). Testosterone and estrone decreased, whereas progesterone, prolactin, corticosterone, ACTH, DA and NOR increased. During recovery period, progesterone, prolactin and corticosterone concentrations returned to control levels, whereas testosterone, estrone, NOR and DA did not. In addition, after 48 h of recovery ACTH and NOR decreased below control concentrations, remaining low until 96 h of sleep recovery. Thus, SD showed long lasting, differential effects upon these neurochemicals suggesting that each has its own pattern of responses to SD as well as variable periods of recovery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0962-1105
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
83-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Endocrinological and catecholaminergic alterations during sleep deprivation and recovery in male rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't