Hormonal Responses to Cold Exposure in Subjects with Vibration Syndrome
| Autor: | Morishige Tanaka, Hideaki Kohno, Minoru Nakamoto, Noriaki Harada, Hirokazu Kondo |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Cold exposure Vibration Fingers Norepinephrine Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Internal medicine Vibration syndrome Humans Medicine Endocrine system Aged business.industry Thyroid Healthy subjects Raynaud Disease Syndrome General Medicine Middle Aged Hormones Cold Temperature Autonomic nervous system Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure Thyroid hormones Triiodothyronine Nucleotides Cyclic business Hormone |
| Zdroj: | The Kurume Medical Journal. 37:S45-S52 |
| ISSN: | 1881-2090 0023-5679 |
| Popis: | Responses of the autonomic nervous system and the endocrine system to cold exposure were investigated. The subjects were all males, between 41 and 69 years of age. Seventy subjects with the vibration syndrome and vibration-induced white finger (VWF(+) group), 70 subjects with the vibration syndrome without VWF (VWF(-) group) and 70 healthy subjects (control group) were individually matched according to age. The subjects remained in a cold room at 7 C for 30 minutes. Catecholamines, cyclic nucleotides, thyroid hormones, ACTH and cortisol were measured before and during cold exposure. The VWF(+) group and the VWF(-) group had larger % increases of plasma norepinephrine, cyclic AMP, cyclic GMP, T3 and T4 levels than the control group. These findings indicate that the responses of the autonomic nervous system and the thyroid system to cold exposure are greater in the subjects with the vibration syndrome. |
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