Acute cortisol administration promotes sleep intensity in man

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 598-604

  Friess, Elisabeth ^a   Tagaya, Hirokuni ^a   Grethe, Claus ^a   Trachsel, Lorenz ^a   Holsboer, Florian ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG power spectrum; Growth hormone; Hydrocortisone; Sleep; Slow wave

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; THETA RHYTHM; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 1642415655     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300362     Document Type: Article

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