Why the study?
Does cortisol treatment alter reflex sympathetic function and baroreflex sensitivity in healthy male subjects?
Population
9 healthy male subjects
Comparison
Cortisol 200 mg/day for 6 days vs Baseline and washout
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 days of treatment and at least 2 weeks washout
Authors
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May blunt sympathetic reactivity in healthy men; leaves open relevance to cortisol-induced hypertension or clinical populations.
Does cortisol treatment alter reflex sympathetic function and baroreflex sensitivity in healthy male subjects?
Cortisol-induced hypertension is not driven by increased sympathetic nervous system activity, and cortisol may actually decrease sympathetic activity while increasing baroreflex sensitivity.
Tam et al. (1997) studied this question.
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