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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-7-11
pubmed:abstractText
Although a nocturnal rise in PRL secretion is well known, it has long been presumed to be evoked by sleep. To determine whether PRL secretion was driven by a sleep-independent circadian rhythm, we studied 12 men and 10 women using a constant routine protocol. Under the constant routine conditions of continuous semirecumbent wakefulness in constant indoor room light with hourly meals distributed throughout the day and night, a persistent circadian rhythm of PRL secretion was present in men and in women at the follicular and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle. Furthermore, the amplitude of this rhythm in women was significantly greater than that in men. The present data demonstrate the presence of a robust sleep-independent endogenous circadian rhythm of PRL secretion in humans. We hypothesize that this endogenous component of the circadian rhythm of PRL secretion together with those of body temperature, urine production, and cortisol, TSH, and melatonin secretion are driven by the central circadian pacemaker located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-972X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1483-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Gender differences in the temporal organization of proclactin (PRL) secretion: evidence for a sleep-independent circadian rhythm of circulating PRL levels- a clinical research center study.
pubmed:affiliation
Circadian, Neuroendocrine, and Sleep Disorders Section, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.