Joint growth hormone and cortisol spontaneous secretion is more asynchronous in older females than in their male counterparts.
In humans, cortisol and GH are secreted in a pulsatile manner, and an interaction between GH and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis has been established. In view of the sexually dimorphic pattern in GH secretion, we investigated the GH-cortisol bihormonal secretory dynamics in male and female h...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2001
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