Environmental influences on hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid function and behavior in Antarctica

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 790-799

  Palinkas, Lawrence A ^a   Reedy, Kathleen R ^b   Shepanek, Marc ^c   Smith, Mark ^d   Anghel, Mihai ^e   Steel, Gary D ^f   Reeves, Dennis ^g   Case, H Samuel ^h   Do, Nhan Van ⁱ   Reed, H Lester ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^g ClinVest Inc   (United States)

^h MCDANIEL COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j Multicare Health System   (United States)

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Author keywords

Altitude; Antarctica; Cognition; Cold; Human; Mood; Thermoregulation; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIPID; NORADRENALIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

EID: 36048950249     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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