Actions of estrogen on pulsatile, nyctohemeral, and entropic modes of growth hormone secretion

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 5 45-5, 1999, Pages

  Shah, N ^a,b   Evans, W S ^a   Veldhuis, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Omni Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Estradiol; Pulse episode; Sex steroid; Somatotropin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 0033004684     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.5.r1351     Document Type: Article

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