[Role of emotional stress in disorders of carbohydrate tolerance].

Two series of rabbit experiments were carried out to study the influence of emotional stress on glucose tolerance. Relatively short-term (10 days) chronic emotional stress induced by prolonged (2 h daily) intermittent stimulation of negative emotiogenic zones of the hypothalamus through implanted electrodes led to decreased glucose tolerance. Repeated powerful emotional stresses induced by the clash of food and pain irritation did not pass traceless and manifested in the same glucose tolerance disturbances after a lengthy period of time (1 year).