Diurnal variation of aldosterone and plasma renin activity: Timing relation to melatonin and cortisol and consistency after prolonged bed rest

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1406-1414

  Hurwitz, Shelley ^a   Cohen, Richard J ^b   Williams, Gordon H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Harmonic regression; Renin angiotensin aldosterone system

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BED REST; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SODIUM INTAKE;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; BED REST; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; RENIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642272094     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00611.2003     Document Type: Article

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