Endocrine Abstracts

The stress system coordinates the adaptive responses of the organism to stressors of any kind. The main components of the stress system are the CRH and Locus Ceruleus-Norepinephrine (LC/NE)-Autonomic systems and their peripheral effectors, the pituitary-adrenal axis, and the limbs of the autonomic system. Activation of the stress system leads to behavioral and peripheral changes that improve the ability of the organism to adjust homeostasis and increase its chances for surviva...

Aim: To investigate reproductive function disorders in young women with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).Patients and methods: We studied 53 women with T1DM (duration 8.0±5.6 y) and 51 healthy controls with normal menstrual cycles and no clinical hyperandrogenism, matched for age (19.4±4.3 vs 20.8±3.1 years, P=0.063) and body mass index (BMI) (22.2±2.7 vs 21.4±1.9 kg/m2, P=0.088). T1DM (insulin regimen...