Revisiting the Ehlers and Kupfer hypothesis: the growth hormone cortisol secretion ratio during sleep is correlated with electroencephalographic slow wave activity in normal volunteers

Biol Psychiatry. 1996 Jan 15;39(2):139-42. doi: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00319-3.

Authors

E Seifritz¹, M J Mueller, L Trachsel, C J Lauer, U Hemmeter, M Hatzinger, P Moore, E Holsboer-Trachsler

Affiliation

¹ Depression Research Unit, Psychiatric University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.

PMID: 8717613
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00319-3

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Electroencephalography*
Growth Hormone / blood
Growth Hormone / metabolism*
Humans
Hydrocortisone / blood
Hydrocortisone / metabolism*
Male
Reference Values
Sleep Stages / physiology*

Substances

Growth Hormone
Hydrocortisone