A determinant factor in the efficacy of GHRH administration in promoting sleep: High peak concentration versus recurrent increasing slopes

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 363-370

  Marshall, Lisa ^a   Derad, Inge ^a   Strasburger, Christian J ^b   Fehm, Horst L ^a   Born, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Growth hormone; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Human; Non rapid eye movement sleep; Slow wave sleep

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SLEEP; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP STAGE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; PLACEBOS; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033020529     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00085-7     Document Type: Article

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