Single exposure to testosterone in adulthood rapidly induces regularity in the growth hormone release process

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 278, Issue 5 41-5, 2000, Pages

  Painson, Jean Claude ^a   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^b   Tannenbaum, Gloria S ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate entropy; Growth hormone pulsatility; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Sexual dimorphism; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0034090063     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2000.278.5.e933     Document Type: Article

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