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The Effect of Prolactin in Response to Academic Stress during Examination Condition in Healthy Male and Female University Students

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The effect of Prolactin in response to academic stress was studied in forty healthy male and female University students during their final year seminar presentation examination. The data collected are some Anthropometric parameters, Blood pressure (diastolic and systolic) and prolactin level. The arterial blood pressure was measured by auscultatory method using stethoscope and sphygmomanometer. Serum prolactin level in blood sample collected from each subject was analyzed using prolactin ELISA kit. The serum prolactin level in students under examination condition when compared to students not under examination increased significantly (P<0.05). The blood pressure also increased with a significant statistical value (P<0.05) when the test group was compared to the control group. It can therefore be inferred that Prolactin level increases in academic stress in both male and female may be a useful neuro-endocrine link to stress.

Published in American Journal of BioScience (Volume 2, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajbio.20140201.11
Page(s) 1-4
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Keywords

Prolactin, Academic, Stress, Examination, Systolic, Diastolic, Pressure, Student

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  • Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria

  • Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Al- Azhar University Cairo, Egypt

  • Ahmadu Bello University Health Services Sick Bay, Samaru – Zaria, Nigeria

  • Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria

  • Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria

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