Chronic insomnia is associated with nyctohemeral activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: Clinical implications

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 3787-3794

  Vgontzas, Alexandros N ^a   Bixler, Edward O ^a   Lin, Hung Mo ^a   Prolo, Paolo ^b   Mastorakos, George ^c   Vela Bueno, Antonio ^d   Kales, Anthony ^a   Chrousos, George P ^e  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSOMNIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0034891350     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.86.8.7778     Document Type: Article

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