Title : Sleep and hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis responses to metyrapone in posttraumatic stress disorder.

Pub. Date : 2018 Feb

PMID : 29268182






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1 Metyrapone blocks cortisol synthesis, removing negative feedback, and increases the release of hypothalamic CRF and pituitary adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). Metyrapone proopiomelanocortin Homo sapiens
2 Metyrapone resulted in a greater increase in ACTH and greater decreases in cortisol and delta spectral power sleep in PTSD subjects compared to controls, and a greater increase in ACTH in women compared to men. Metyrapone proopiomelanocortin Homo sapiens
3 Metyrapone resulted in a greater increase in ACTH and greater decreases in cortisol and delta spectral power sleep in PTSD subjects compared to controls, and a greater increase in ACTH in women compared to men. Metyrapone proopiomelanocortin Homo sapiens