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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
Plasma samples were collected twice during the follicular phase and three times during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle in 12 women with premenstrual tension (PMT) and in 14 control subjects without symptoms. Concentrations of beta-endorphin (beta-E) immunoreactivity, cortisol, oestradiol, progesterone and LH were determined. Comparison of the mean concentrations of LH, cortisol, oestradiol and progesterone did not reveal any statistically significant differences between the PMT and the control groups. In the early luteal phase, the mean plasma beta-E immunoreactivity was lower in the PMT group (10.7, SE 0.7 pg/ml) than in the control group (14.6, SE 1.6 pg/ml, P less than 0.05), suggesting that endorphin secretion is decreased in PMT. No significant change in the plasma beta-E level was found in the PMT patients between the follicular and luteal phase when symptoms appeared. This does not exclude the possibility that in the central nervous system abnormal changes occur in the activity of endogenous opioids in PMT.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0306-5456
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
94
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
26-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Plasma beta-endorphin immunoreactivity in premenstrual tension.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't