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Growth hormone responses to melatonin in man
Abstract
Oral administration of 1 gram of melatonin caused rapid and significant elevations of serum human growth hormone in eight out of nine normal male subjects. The mean (+/- standard error of the mean) of the peak response by growth hormone was 22.9 +/- 4.6 microunits per milliliter. The increased secretion of growth hormone may be due to interaction of melatonin with hypothalamic serotoninergic receptors.
| Type | Journal |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 0036-8075 (Print) |
| Authors | Smythe, G. A.;Lazarus, L. : |
| Publisher Name | SCIENCE |
| Published Date | 1974-01-01 |
| Published Volume | 184 |
| Published Issue | 144 |
| Published Pages | 1373-4 |
| Status | Published in-print |
| URL link to publisher's version | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=4833260 |