THE INFLUENCE OF GROWTH HORMONE ON SLEEP IN ADULTS WITH GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY
- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Endocrinology
- Vol. 33 (4) , 495-500
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.1990.tb03886.x
Abstract
Eight patients with isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD), 20-30 years old were studied with polysomnography before and after 6 months of treatment with growth hormone (GH). During GH treatment total sleep time decreased and REM sleep time increased significantly. Delta sleep time (stage 3+4) did not change significantly. All patients reported improved well-being and none wished to discontinue the treatment with growth hormone. These findings suggest that GH has an effect on sleep. The effect of increased REM sleep in humans is incompletely understood, but sleep recordings may be one way of directly monitoring the effect of GH on the central nervous system.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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