Urinary free cortisol and sleep under baseline and stressed conditions in healthy senior women: Effects of estrogen replacement therapy

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-26

  Prinz, Patricia ^a,b   Bailey, Sandra ^a   Moe, Karen ^b   Wilkinson, Charles ^b,c   Scanlan, James ^b  

^a Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen replacement therapy; Hydrocortisone; Postmenopause; Sleep; Stress; Women

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; STRESS; WAKEFULNESS;

AGED; AGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGESTERONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; STRESS; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0035094578     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.2001.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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