Melatonin enhances Cortisol levels in aged women: Reversible by estrogens

Cagnacci A, Soldani R, Yen SSC. Melatonin enhances Cortisol levels in aged women: Reversible by estrogens. J. Pineal Res. 1997; 22:81–85. © Munksgaard, Copenhagen The administration of melatonin increases Cortisol levels in postmenopausal women. Aging and hypoestrogenism are believed to impair the regulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and may participate in the determination of this altered response. In this study the implications...