Glucose ingestion acutely lowers pulsatile LH and basal testosterone secretion in men

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 302, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 724-730

  Iranmanesh, Ali ^a   Lawson, Donna ^a   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Gonadotropin; Metabolic

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOSE RESPONSE; FLUID INTAKE; GLUCOSE INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPONECTIN; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LINEAR MODELS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858186449     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00520.2011     Document Type: Article

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