“…Individuals expressing a high baseline DHEA-S concentration exhibit better physiological and psychological adaptation against adverse external stresses than their low DHEA-S counterparts, who have no room for a decrease in DHEA-S (Lee et al, 2006;Morgan et al, 2004). Sustained declines in serum DHEA-S have been observed in different types of stress, including muscle-damaging exercise (Tsai et al, 2006) and high-altitude mountaineering (Lee et al, 2006). Increasing DHEA-S production into the circulation can enhance psychological adaptation against stress, and may alleviate the negative mood symptoms (Bloch, Schmidt, Danaceau, Adams, & Rubinow, 1999;Kimonides, Khatibi, Svendsen, Sofroniew, & Herbert, 1998;Rasmusson et al, 2004).…”