Blood Corticotropin and Adrenal Weight Maintenance Factor Levels of Anxious Patients and Normal Subjects

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ID19306357
AuthorsHarold Persky (Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis), JAMES MAROC (Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis), EVERETT CONRAD (Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis), ARIE DEN BREEIJEN (Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis)
Year1959
Volume21
Issue5
Pages379-386
Publication date1959-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychosomatic Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-3174 • E-ISSN: 1534-7796
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00006842-195909000-00003
PMID14432065
OpenAlexW2414848316
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited1

A group of anxious, hypercorticoid patients were shown to have a mean plasma level of AWMF (a relatively new corticotropic substance), more than twice that of a group of normal, eucorticoid subjects. The mean blood level of AADF, the conventional corticotropin, was higher in the anxious group but not significantly so. By a single classification analysis of variance, the levels of both AWMF and AADF were shown to be significantly correlated with the clinical anxiety rating. It is presently unclear whether AWMF and AADF occur simultaneously in the blood in detectable quantities. It was suggested that a critical anxiety region exists below which neither AWMF or AADF is present in the blood

Analysis of variance · Anxiety · Psychiatry · Adrenal Hormones and Disorders · Endocrinology · Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Physiology · Psychology · Stress Responses and Cortisol

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