Sleep and endocrine regulation

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Steiger, Axel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hormones; Peptides; Review; Sleep; Steroids

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANTIGESTAGEN; ARGININE; ASTRESSIN; CANRENOIC ACID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; EBIRATIDE; GHRELIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HEXARELIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; IBUTAMOREN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIFEPRISTONE; MINERALOCORTICOID; NBI 30775; OCTREOTIDE; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOSTATIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ACROMEGALY; ADDISON DISEASE; AGING; BRAIN INJURY; CASTRATION; CUSHING DISEASE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSOMNIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMATIC CELL; ANIMAL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SLEEP;

EID: 0347279895     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1055     Document Type: Review

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