Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hypertension has a negative effect on the cardiovascular system, but the data are limited about the connection between non-dipper hypertension and inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and without.Aim: To study the effects of dipper and non-dipper hypertension with and without type 2 diabetes on inflammatory factors. Methods: The cross-sectional study included 97 hypertensive patients (57 men) without type...

Background: Studies in rodents and non-human primates revealed beneficial effects of oxytocin on systemic metabolism, body weight and food intake. Several rodent studies demonstrated that olfactory stimulation with D-limonene, improves systemic glycemia, reduces food intake and body weight, while olfactory stimulation with the scent of lavender oil had opposite effects. The aim of this study was to investigate if systemic oxytocin levels are affected upon olfactory stimulation...