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“ Mifepriston caused a large rise in plasma ACTH levels during the morning hours in comparison to untreated male control subjects.”
“Plasma ACTH levels in the Mifepriston treated subject at 7.00 h were threefold greater than in the control subjects (104.4 pg/ml vs. 37.6±13.9 pg/ml; $$\bar x$$ ±SD).”
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience • 2005 | View Paper
“In addition, mifepristone significantly elevated cortisol and ACTH levels and steepened ascending slopes from 1800 to 0100 and from 0100 to 0900 as compared to placebo.”
“A marked reduction in cortisol production following adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation of head kidney pieces was observed from mifepristone treated fish.”
Journal of the Endocrine Society • 2017 | View Paper
“ Mifepristone treatment was associated with acute increases in cortisol and ACTH levels and decreases in cytosolic glucocorticoid receptor number in lymphocytes.”