Sexually dimorphic effects of GHRH on sleep-endocrine activity in patients with depression and normal controls - part I: the sleep eeg

In patients with depression, enhanced secretion of ACTH and cortisol, a reduction in slow wave sleep (SWS) and a blunted nocturnal growth hormone (GH) surge have been described and attributed, at least partly, to an elevation of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), hence a shift in the ratio betwe...

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Published in:	Sleep research online Vol. 3; no. 1; p. 5
Main Authors:	Antonijevic, I A, Murck, H, Frieboes, R M, Barthelmes, J, Steiger, A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 2000
Subjects:	Adult Aged Aging - physiology Demography Depression - diagnosis Depression - drug therapy Depression - physiopathology Electroencephalography - drug effects Endocrine System - drug effects Female Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone - administration & dosage Humans Injections, Intravenous Male Middle Aged Polysomnography Sex Factors Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted Sleep - drug effects Sleep Stages - drug effects Wakefulness - drug effects
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