Growth hormone, cortisol and prolactin responses to physical exercise: higher prolactin response in depressed patients

Progress in Neuro-psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry
E KiiveJ Harro

Abstract

This study was designed to compare growth hormone, cortisol and prolactin responses to physical exercise in depressed patients and healthy comparison subjects. Patients fulfilled the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for current major depressive disorder; subjective depressive symptoms were rated with Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) immediately before the experiment. Growth hormone, cortisol and prolactin were measured before and immediately after physiologically stressful bicycle cardiopulmonary exercise test. After exercise, there were three additional hormone measurements, with 30-min intervals. No significant difference was found in baseline growth hormone, cortisol or prolactin levels between patients and the control group. Plasma growth hormone and cortisol levels increased significantly during physical exercise in both patients and controls and returned to baseline in 90 min. There was no significant difference in growth hormone or cortisol responses to physical exercise between the two groups. However, prolactin levels increased only in the depressed patients group during the exercise. We hypothesize that acute exercise may have a stronger effect on serotonin (5-HT) release in depressed patients, which is ref...Continue Reading

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