Middle-aged men show higher sensitivity of sleep to the arousing effects of corticotropin-releasing hormone than young men: Clinical implications

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1489-1495

  Vgontzas, Alexandros N ^a   Bixler, Edward O ^a   Wittman, Annmarie M ^a   Zachman, Keith ^c   Lin, Hung Mo ^b   Vela Bueno, Antonio ^d   Kales, Anthony ^a   Chrousos, George P ^c  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGING; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; INSOMNIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP PATTERN; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0035035002     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.86.4.7370     Document Type: Article

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