Impaired nighttime sleep in healthy old versus young adults is associated with elevated plasma interleukin-6 and cortisol levels: Physiologic and therapeutic implications

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2087-2095

  Vgontzas, Alexandros N ^a   Zoumakis, Manolis ^b   Bixler, Edward O ^a   Lin, Hung Mo ^a   Prolo, Paolo ^c   Vela Bueno, Antonio ^a   Kales, Anthony ^a   Chrousos, George P ^b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP, REM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; WAKEFULNESS;

ELEOTRIDAE;

EID: 0038030843     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-021176     Document Type: Article

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