Effects of high-altitude hypoxia on the hormonal response to hypothalamic factors

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 299, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Richalet, Jean Paul ^a,b   Letournel, Murielle ^b   Souberbielle, Jean Claude ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Cortisol; Follicle stimulating hormone; Growth hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Prolactin; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NORADRENALIN; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; DESENSITIZATION; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOXIA; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 78649826331     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00484.2010     Document Type: Article

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