Cortisol and GH secretory dynamics, and their interrelationships, in healthy aged women and men

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 280, Issue 4 43-4, 2001, Pages

  Gusenoff, Jeffrey A ^a   Harman, S Mitchell ^b   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^c   Jayme, Jocelyn J ^a   St Clair, Carol ^a   Münzer, Thomas ^b   Christmas, Colleen ^a   O'Connor, Kieran G ^a   Stevens, Thomas E ^a   Bellantoni, Michele F ^a   Pabst, Katherine ^b   Blackman, Marc R ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Approximate entropy; Hormone secretion

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0034996511     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2001.280.4.e616     Document Type: Article

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