THERMOGENIC EFFECT OF PROGESTERONE
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Barton and Wiesner showed that daily injections or intramuscular administration of progesterone caused a rise in waking temperature within 24 h in women with amenorrhea.
“Barton and Wiesner [63] showed that daily injections or intramuscular administration of progesterone caused a rise in waking temperature within 24 h in women with amenorrhea.”
From Temperature regulation in women: Effects of the menstrual cycle (2020) · cites this paper as [63]
Estrogen alone results in a small (<0.25°C) and temporary depression of waking core body temperature.
“Results are consistent with studies that administered estrogen alone, resulting in a small (<0.25°C) and temporary depression of waking core body temperature [60,63].”
From Temperature regulation in women: Effects of the menstrual cycle (2020) · cites this paper as [63]
The thermogenic action of progesterone was shown in early studies in which progesterone was administered to men or to women with anovulatory cycles or amenorrhea, or in the follicular phase or luteal phase, or post-menopause.
“The thermogenic action of progesterone was shown in early studies in which progesterone was administered to men [98] (Figure 3) or to women with anovulatory cycles or amenorrhea, or in the follicular phase or luteal phase, or post-menopause [62,63,99].”
From Temperature regulation in women: Effects of the menstrual cycle (2020) · cites this paper as [63]
When progesterone was administered in the presumed luteal phase, an additional rise in body temperature was observed in some but not all women.
“When administered in the presumed luteal phase (when waking temperature was already high), an additional rise in body temperature was observed in some but not all women.”
From Temperature regulation in women: Effects of the menstrual cycle (2020) · cites this paper as [63]
Compared to the follicular phase of menstrual cycle, the core body temperature measured in early morning is 0.3 to 0.7 °C higher in the luteal phase, attributed to the thermogenic effect of progesterone.
“In comparison to the follicular phase of menstrual cycle, the core body temperature (CBT) measured in early morning is 0.3 to 0.7 °C higher in the luteal phase [ 89 , 90 ], which is attributed to the thermogenic effect of progesterone [ 91 ]”
From Physiological Rhythms and Biological Variation of Biomolecules: The Road to Personalized Laboratory Medicine (2023) · cites this paper as [91]
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- Authors
- BARTON, M.
- Corresponding author
- BARTON, M
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1945-11
- Volume
- 246
- Issue
- 6378
- Pages
- 671-672
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- OpenAlex
- W2062235700
- Cited by
- 66
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 3
- FWCI
- 3.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Lancet (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine › Thermal Regulation in Medicine
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Estrogen and related hormone effects
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
- Keywords
- progesterone, thermogenesis, body temperature
- MeSH terms
- Female, Hot Temperature, Hormones, Humans, Ovary, Progesterone, Thermogenesis
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