Table 1.

Known Acute Hormonal Associations Among Body Temperature, HR, HRV, and Emotional State. Representative citations (reviews, where available, or primary literature) are included for each relationship in the context of female reproduction.

Hormone	Temperature	HR	HRV	Emotional State
Estrogens	lower [27]	lower [17]	elevate [28]	mixed effects [29]
Oxytocin	lower [30]	lower [31]	elevate [31]	love, bonding, anxiolytic [32,33]
Progesterone	elevate [34]	elevate [35]	lower [35]	fatigue [36]
Prolactin/hCS	elevate [37]	elevate [38]	lower [38,39]	love, bonding [40,41]
Cortisol/pCRH	lower [42]	elevate [16,43]	lower [44]	contextual arousal, fear [45]
hCS, human chorionic somatomammotropin; pCRH, placental corticotrophin releasing hormone