Sumatriptan mediated growth hormone responses do not alter throughout the menstrual cycle

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-143

  Lavelle, Ena T ^a   Williams, P ^b   Dinan, Timothy G ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5HT; growth hormone; menstrual cycle; sex steroids; sumatriptan

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; PLACEBO; SEX HORMONE; SUMATRIPTAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0030005826     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1077(199603)11:2<139::AID-HUP768>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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