par Van Cauter, Eve ;Désir, Daniel ;Refetoff, Samuel ;Spire, Jean Paul;Noel, Pierre Raoul ;L'Hermite, Marc ;Robyn, Claude ;Copinschi, Georges
Référence The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 54, 1, page (70-75)
Publication Publié, 1982-01
Référence The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 54, 1, page (70-75)
Publication Publié, 1982-01
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : | The concept of concomitance between nadirs and peaks of plasma levels of PRL and, respectively, rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM stages in sleep was reevaluated using 24 nighttime profiles of plasma PRL collected at 15-min intervals and the corresponding polygraphic recordings of sleep. The subjects were 5 healthy young male adults. Data were examined using the methodology described in the original report, consisting of averaging across individual nights PRL levels during REM and non-REM sleep stages as well as using a detailed spike by spike analysis of each individual pair of hormonal and sleep profiles. We showed that in our subjects, there was no relation, other than a purely random one, between episodic PRL fluctuations in plasma and REM-non-REM cycles. |