Progesterone prevents sleep disturbances and modulates GH, TSH, and melatonin secretion in postmenopausal women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Caufriez, Anne ^a,b   Leproult, Rachel ^d   L'Hermite Balériaux, Mireille ^a   Kerkhofs, Myriam ^c   Copinschi, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Charleroi   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; GLUCURONIDE; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NIGHT SLEEP; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGESTERONE; SLEEP DISORDERS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 79953899361     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-2558     Document Type: Article

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