Diurnal Variation of Plasma Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels in Women with Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 256-262

  Drakopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Casarosa, Elena ^b   Bucci, Fiorella ^b   Piccinino, Manuela ^c   Wenger, Jean Marie ^a   Nappi, Rossella Elena ^c,d   Polyzos, Nicholas ^e   Genazzani, Andrea Riccardo ^b   Pluchino, Nicola ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Cortisol; Daily variation; Hypothalamic amenorrhea; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMIC AMENORRHEA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMENORRHEA; BLOOD; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931957795     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000381456     Document Type: Article

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