Human glucocorticoid feedback inhibition is reduced in older individuals: Evening study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 545-550

  Wilkinson, Charles W ^a,b   Petrie, Eric C ^a,b   Murray, Sharon R ^a   Colasurdo, Elizabeth A ^a   Raskind, Murray A ^a,b   Peskind, Elaine R ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; METYRAPONE; TRANSCORTIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTODOXONE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METYRAPONE; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 0035098346     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.2.545     Document Type: Article

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