Human Growth Hormone Release: Relation to Slow-Wave Sleep and Sleep-Waking Cycles

Release of human growth hormone during sleep is significantly related to slow, synchronized stages of sleep and therefore would seem to be controlled by related neural mechanisms. When sleep-waking cycles are reversed by 12 hours, the release of growth hormone with sleep is reversed; thus release do...

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Published inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 165; no. 3892; pp. 513 - 515
Main Authors Sassin, J. F., Parker, D. C., Mace, J. W., Gotlin, R. W., Johnson, L. C., Rossman, L. G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published American Association for the Advancement of Science 01.08.1969
Subjects
Hormones
Human growth
Navies
Rapid eye movement sleep
Secretion
Sleep
Wakefulness
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Summary:Release of human growth hormone during sleep is significantly related to slow, synchronized stages of sleep and therefore would seem to be controlled by related neural mechanisms. When sleep-waking cycles are reversed by 12 hours, the release of growth hormone with sleep is reversed; thus release does not follow an inherent circadian rhythm independent of sleep.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.165.3892.513