Short term changes in melatonin and cortisol serum levels after a single administration of estrogen to menopausal women

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 659-664

  Kerdelhué, Bernard ^a,b   Andrews, Mason C ^a   Zhao, Yueqin ^a   Scholler, Robert ^b   Jones, Howard W ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Estrogen; Melatonin; Postmenopausal woman

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MICROPARTICLE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 33846002384     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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