CIRCADIAN-RHYTHMS OF EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE IN MAN
CIRCADIAN-RHYTHMS OF EPINEPHRINE AND NOREPINEPHRINE IN MAN
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DOI:
10.1210/jcem-60-6-1210
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
CAUSON, RC
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作者:
LINSELL, CR;LIGHTMAN, SL;CAUSON, RC
The diurnal rhythms of plasma epinephrine and norepinephrine were investigated in a group of normal young men. Sleep, posture, illumination and food intake were monitored. Plasma epinephrine demonstrated a statistically significant diurnal rhythm, with a mean amplitude of 14 .+-. 1.6 (.+-. SE) pg/ml superimposed on a mean level of 43 .+-. 5.3 pg/ml. The trough occurred at 03.20 h .+-. 35 min. Plasma norepinephrine had a significant diurnal rhythm, with a mean amplitude of 111 .+-. 19 pg/ml superimposed on a mean level of 413 .+-. 25 pg/ml, with the trough occurring at 0.20 h .+-. 30 min. There was a significant correlation between the 2 rhythms at zero phase shift, with a pooled value for the group of r = 0.49. Epinephrine levels had no direct relationship to sleep or posture; norepinephrine levels were significantly higher with upright posture and higher when the men were awake than when asleep. Apparently, circadian variations in the sympathetic-adrenl medullary system are not explained by a single controlling influence; the norepinephrine rhythm evidently can be accounted for as a direct response to changes in posture and sleep, whereas the epinephrine rhythm is probably controlled by a circadian oscillator.