Changes in sleep-endocrine activity after growth hormone-releasing hormone depend on time of administration

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-205

  Schier, Thomas ^a   Guldner, Jürgen ^a   Colla, Michael ^a   Holsboer, Florian ^a   Steiger, Axel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corticotropin; Cortisol; Growth hormone; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Sleep

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DENSITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TIME;

EID: 0030970885     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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