Long-term testosterone supplementation augments overnight growth hormone secretion in healthy older men

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Muniyappa, Ranganath ^a   Sorkin, John D ^b,c,d   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^e   Harman, S Mitchell ^b,f   Münzer, Thomas ^b,g   Bhasin, Shalender ^h   Blackman, Marc R ^a,b,i  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f Kronos Longevity Research Institute   (United States)

^g Geriatric Medicine and Rehabilitation   (Switzerland)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Pulsatility; Testosterone replacement

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 3; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34548435538     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00709.2006     Document Type: Article

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