Pulsatile growth hormone secretion in older persons is enhanced by fasting without relationship to sleep stages

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2694-2701

  Hartman, Mark L ^a   Pezzoli, Suzan S ^a   Hellmann, Peter J ^a   Suratt, Paul M ^a   Thorner, Michael O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; REM SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; FASTING; FEMALE; FOOD; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 0029899620     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.7.2694     Document Type: Article

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