Long-term melatonin administration does not alter pituitary-gonadal hormone secretion in normal men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-65

  Luboshitzky, Rafaël ^a   Levi, Michal ^b   Shen Orr, Zila ^c   Blumenfeld, Zeev ^d   Herer, Paula ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Sleep Medicine Center   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Melatonin; Testosterone; inhibin

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONE; MELATONIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM CARE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REM SLEEP; REPRODUCTION; SLEEP; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033977919     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.1.60     Document Type: Article

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