Evidence against a role for the growth hormone-releasing peptide axis in human slow-wave sleep regulation

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 274, Issue 5 37-5, 1998, Pages

  Moreno Reyes, Rodrigo ^a   Kerkhofs, Myriam ^b   L'Hermite Balériaux, Mireille ^a   Thorner, Michael O ^c   Van Cauter, Eve ^d   Copinschi, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Prolactin; Rapid eye movement sleep

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; PRALMORELIN; PROLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031803339     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1998.274.5.e779     Document Type: Article

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