Prolonged oral treatment with MK-677, a novel growth hormone secretagogue, improves sleep quality in man

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 278-286

  Copinschi, Georges ^a   Leproult, Rachel ^b   Van Onderbergen, Anne ^a   Caufriez, Anne ^a   Cole, Katrina Y ^b   Schilling, Lisa M ^b   Mendel, Carl M ^c   De Lepeleire, Inge ^c   Bolognese, James A ^c   Van Cauter, Eve ^b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Clinical neuroendocrinology; Growth hormone; Growth hormone releasing peptides; Sleep; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; IBUTAMOREN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REM SLEEP; SENESCENCE; SLEEP PATTERN; SOMATIC CELL;

EID: 0030885174     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127249     Document Type: Article

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