Hyporesponsiveness of the pituitary to CRH during slow wave sleep is not mimicked by systemic GHRH

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 88-96

  Antonijevic, Irina A ^a   Murck, Harald ^a   Frieboes, Ralf Michael ^a   Holsboer, Florian ^a   Steiger, Axel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroids; Clinical neuroendocrinology; Corticotropin; Growth hormone; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Sleep

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0032997364     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054406     Document Type: Article

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