Sleep regulation and sex hormones exposure in men and women across adulthood

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 302-310

  Lord, C ^a   Sekerovic, Z ^a   Carrier, J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Menopause; Menstrual cycle; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Sleep; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEX HORMONE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTRACEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; INSOMNIA; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SECRETION RATE; SLEEP;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SECRETORY RATE; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 84908141165     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: 17683114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2014.07.005     Document Type: Review

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