Acute Sleep Disruption Does Not Diminish Pulsatile Growth Hormone Secretion in Pubertal Children.
Madison E CalvertSamantha A MolsberryTairmae KangarlooMd Rafiul AminValentina GentyRose T FaghihElizabeth B KlermanNatalie D ShawPublished in: Journal of the Endocrine Society (2022)
In pubertal children, GH pulses were temporally associated with episodes of SWS. Acute disruption of sleep via auditory tones during SWS did not alter GH secretion. These results indicate that SWS may not be a direct stimulus of GH secretion.