Sleep and the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical system

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-138

  Steiger, Axel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTH; Ageing; Cortisol; CRH; Depression; HPA system; Sleep; Steroid receptors; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN;

AGING; ANIMAL MODEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIGHT; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

EID: 0036526050     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/smrv.2001.0159     Document Type: Review

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