Seasonal variation in plasma prolactin response to D-fenfluramine in healthy subjects

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-208

  Monteleone, Palmiero ^a   La Rocca, Antonietta ^a   Fuschino, Antonio ^a   Bortolotti, Francesca ^a   Maj, Mario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fenfluramine; Prolactin; Seasonal variation; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

DEXFENFLURAMINE; PLACEBO; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENFLURAMINE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; PROLACTIN; SEASONS; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033020136     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00074-2     Document Type: Article

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