Cortisol secretion is related to electroencephalographic alertness in human subjects during daytime wakefulness

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4263-4268

  Chapotot, Florian ^a,c,d   Gronfier, Claude ^a   Jouny, Christophe ^b   Muzet, Alain ^b   Brandenberger, Gabrielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

^d U de Physiologie de la Vigilance   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; REM SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0032468647     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.12.4263     Document Type: Article

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