Simulation of long-haul flights in humans: Prolonged mild hypoxia does not alter the circadian time structure of plasma testosterone and gonadotrophins

Steroids

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 214-221

  Coste, Olivier ^a,b   Beers, Pascal Van ^b   Charbuy, Henriette ^a   Bogdan, André ^a   Touitou, Yvan ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Institut de Medecine Aerospatiale du Service de Sante des Armees   (France)

Author keywords

Aerospace medicine; Circadian rhythm; FSH; Gonadal hormones; Hypobaric hypoxia; LH; Pressurized cabins; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GONADOTROPIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FLIGHT; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NORMAL HUMAN; SIMULATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 32144453311     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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