Changes in cortisol and growth hormone secretion during nocturnal sleep in the course of aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Kern, Werner ^a   Dodt, Christoph ^a   Born, Jan ^a   Fehm, Horst L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030039542     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/51A.1.M3     Document Type: Article

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