Decreased nocturnal growth hormone secretion and sleep fragmentation in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder; potential predictors of impaired memory consolidation

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1361-1369

  Van Liempt, Saskia ^a,b   Vermetten, Eric ^a   Lentjes, Eef ^c   Arends, Johan ^d   Westenberg, Herman ^b  

^a Research Centre Military Mental Healthcare   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Kempenhaeghe ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Memory consolidation; Polysomnography; PTSD; Sleep; Trauma

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NIGHT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP FRAGMENTATION; SLEEP PARAMETERS;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMBAT DISORDERS; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 80052721308     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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