Copeptin response to panic provocation with CO2 in healthy adults

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Titel: Copeptin response to panic provocation with CO2 in healthy adults
Autoren: Müller, Jana Christina, Walter, Charlotte, Leibold, Nicole, Wiedemann, Klaus, Kellner, Michael, Demiralay, Cüneyt
Quelle: Journal of Psychiatric Research. 165(1):225-232
Verlagsinformationen: Elsevier Ltd, 2023.
Publikationsjahr: 2023
Schlagwörter: 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Stress regulation, Copeptin, HPA-axis, Panic provocation, CO 2
Beschreibung: Repeated panic attacks are the core symptom of panic disorder and severely stressful for patients. Additional to the psychological response, the physiological symptoms are an important aspect of the experienced panic. However, data on the extent of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis activation during panic attacks is inconsistent. Therefore, in the present study, we aimed at investigating the stress-axis activity in more detail by including Copeptin (CoP) as a stable surrogate parameter for the vasopressinergic hypothalamic activity during experimentally induced panic attacks in healthy adults (N = 21). During a placebo-controlled panic challenge with 35% CO2 compared to normal air inhalation, we measured CoP and the peripheral effector hormones Adrenocorticotropic Releasing Hormone (ACTH) and cortisol in plasma along with the psychological response to panic anxiety. We analyzed hormonal secretion patterns, their correlations and individual panic ratings over time and explored differences between female and male participants. We found a significant CO2-induced increase of CoP plasma levels and psychological panic symptoms after CO2-administration, while no positive correlations of CoP levels with the peripheral HPA-axis hormones and with panic symptoms were present. No differences between female and male participants concerning their psychological response nor their baseline CoP levels, the release of CoP or its increase during the experiment were found. CoP could be a sensitive indicator for an organism's physiologic acute hypothalamic response during stress and panic attacks.
Publikationsart: Article
Sprache: English
ISSN: 1879-1379
0022-3956
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.07.006
Zugangs-URL: https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/en/publications/b1cdbaac-7299-4c1c-861d-2cc62403fbdd
Rights: taverne
Dokumentencode: edsair.dris...02436..c86202e94ffcd8327808c7636765a4ac
Datenbank: OpenAIRE