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Accumulated Deep Sleep Is a Powerful Predictor of LH Pulse Onset in Pubertal Children
Author(s) -
Natalie D. Shaw,
James P. Butler,
Shamim Nemati,
Tairmae Kangarloo,
Marco Ghassemi,
Atul Malhotra,
Janet E. Hall
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2014-3563
Subject(s) - slow wave sleep , sleep (system call) , polysomnography , non rapid eye movement sleep , medicine , sleep stages , endocrinology , pulse (music) , audiology , eye movement , apnea , physics , ophthalmology , electroencephalography , psychiatry , detector , computer science , optics , operating system
During puberty, reactivation of the reproductive axis occurs during sleep, with LH pulses specifically tied to deep sleep. This association suggests that deep sleep may stimulate LH secretion, but there have been no interventional studies to determine the characteristics of deep sleep required for LH pulse initiation.

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