Sleep endocrine effects of megestrol acetate in healthy men

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 719-727

  Wiedemann, Klaus ^a,b   Hirschmann, Margarete ^a   Knaudt, Kristina ^a   Rupprecht, Rainer ^a   Seier, Fried Eckart ^a   Holsboer, Florian ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Growth hormone; Megestrol acetate; Progesterone receptor; Sleep encephalogram

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GESTAGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODULATION; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REM SLEEP; REPORTER GENE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLEEP;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, STEROID; REFERENCE VALUES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SLEEP; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031822791     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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