Luteinizing Hormone, Follicle Stimulating Hormone, and Growth Hormone Secretion in Normal Adult Men During Sleep and Dreaming

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ID19307196
AuthorsRobert T Rubín (0000-0002-0304-4303, UCLA Medical Center), Paul R Gouin (UCLA Medical Center), Anthony Kales (UCLA Medical Center), William D Odell (0000-0003-0749-363X, UCLA Medical Center)
Year1973
Volume35
Issue4
Pages309-321
Publication date1973-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychosomatic Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-3174 • E-ISSN: 1534-7796
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00006842-197307000-00005
PMID4719019
OpenAlexW2318070620
LanguageEN
Citations received2

The patterns of LH, FSH and GH release during all-night sleep were studied in 16 normal young adult men, sampled on two consecutive nights. The release of both gonadotropins occurred in random, unrelated peaks that showed no consistency between subjects or from night to night in the same subject. No circadian or ultradian rhythm was discernible for either LH or FSH. When analyzed by sleep stages, LH levels showed a modest but significant increase (14%) during REM sleep compared to the other stages of sleep. FSH levels, on the other hand, showed no clear relationship to sleep stages. Growth hormone did show the usual marked increase coincident with the onset of slow wave sleep

Circadian rhythm · Follicle-stimulating hormone · Hormone · Insomnia · Luteinizing hormone · Polysomnography · Psychiatry · Sleep (system call) · Sleep onset · Sleep Stages · Ultradian rhythm · Endocrinology · Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors · Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Phytoestrogen effects and research · Psychology

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