[Hormones of the adaptive-metabolic action in the menstrual cycle]

Triiodothyronine, thyroxine, thyrotropin, hydrocortisone, aldosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone, insulin, C peptide blood levels were radioimmunoassayed over the course of the menstrual cycle in healthy women aged 20 to 33. A relative stability of the thyrotropin-thyroid system was revealed, as were reduced levels of hydrocortisone and dehydroepiandrosterone and elevated content of insulin and aldosterone in the lutein phase of the cycle. The authors claim that these changes of the adaptation metabolic hormones are responsible for the psychoemotional and somatic status of women over the course of the cycle.