Slow wave sleep drives inhibition of pituitary-adrenal secretion in humans

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 479-484

  Bierwolf, Claudia ^a   Struve, Kai ^a   Marshall, Lisa ^a   Born, Jan ^a   Fehm, Horst L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTH; Circadian rhythm; Corticotropin release inhibiting factor; Cortisol; Rapid eye movement sleep; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; VASOPRESSIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP STAGE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

EID: 0030977281     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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