Publications of A. Steiger

Held, K.; Künzel, H.; Ising, M.; Schmid, D. A.; Zobel, A.; Murck, H.; Holsboer, F.; Steiger, A.: Treatment with the CRH₁-receptor-antagonist R121919 improves sleep-EEG in patients with depression. Journal of Psychiatric Research 38 (2), pp. 129 - 136 (2004)

Steiger, A.; Held, K.; Mathias, S.; Schüssler, P.; Weikel, J.: GHRH impairs sleep in young normal women. Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology 369 (Suppl. 1), p. R148 - R148 (2004)

Frieboes, R.-M.; Antonijevic, I. A.; Held, K.; Murck, H.; Pollmächer, T.; Uhr, M.; Steiger, A.: Hexarelin decreases slow-wave sleep and stimulates the secretion of GH, ACTH, cortisol and prolactin during sleep in healthy volunteers. Psychoneuroendocrinology 29, pp. 851 - 860 (2004)

Murck, H.; Held, K.; Ziegenbein, M.; Künzel, H.; Holsboer, F.; Steiger, A.: Intravenous administration of the neuropeptide galanin has fast antidepressant efficacy and affects the sleep EEG. Psychoneuroendocrinology 29, pp. 1205 - 1211 (2004)

Steiger, A.: Eating and sleeping - their relationship to ghrelin and leptin. American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory , Integrative and Comparative Physiology 287, pp. R1031 - R1032 (2004)

Ziegenbein, M.; Held, K.; Kuenzel, H. E.; Murck, H.; Antonijevic, I. A.; Steiger, A.: The Somatostatin Analogue Octreotide Impairs Sleep and Decreases EEG Sigma Power in Young Male Subjects. Neuropsychopharmacology 29 (1), pp. 146 - 151 (2004)

Jahn, H.; Kiefer, F.; Schick, M.; Yassouridis, A.; Steiger, A.; Kellner, M.; Wiedemann, K.: Sleep endocrine effects of the 11-beta-hydroxysteroiddehydrogenase inhibitor metyrapone. Sleep 26 (7), pp. 823 - 829 (2003)

Antonijevic, I. A.; Murck, H.; Frieboes, R. M.; Steiger, A.: Gender differences in sleep endocrine regulation following administration of growth-hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) - relevance for the pathophysiology of major depression. Pharmacopsychiatry 36 (5), p. 211 - 211 (2003)

Held, K.; Mathias, S.; Schüssler, P.; Weikel, J. C.; Steiger, A.: GHRH impairs sleep in normal females. Pharmacopsychiatry 36 (5), p. 232 - 232 (2003)

Murck, H.; Held, K.; Auer, D. P.; Steiger, A.: Therapeutic sleep deprivation and magnesium: Modulators of the GABA/glutamate equilibrium. Pharmacopsychiatry 36 (5), p. 250 - 250 (2003)

Schüssler, P.; Uhr, M.; Weikel, J. C.; Schmid, D. A.; Held, K.; Mathias, S.; Ising, M.; Steiger, A.: Nocturnal ghrelin levels in normal controls - effects of gender. Pharmacopsychiatry 36 (5), p. 264 - 264 (2003)

Weikel, J. C.; Held, K.; Wichniak, A.; Ising, M.; Schmid, D. A.; Mathias, S.; Uhr, M.; Steiger, A.: Ghrelin promotes slow-wave sleep in man. Pharmacopsychiatry 36 (5), pp. 271 - 272 (2003)

Antonijevic, I. A.; Steiger, A.: Depression-like changes of the sleep-EEG during high dose corticosteroid treatment in patients with multiple sclerosis. Psychoneuroendocrinology 28 (6), pp. 780 - 795 (2003)

Steiger, A.: Sleep and endocrinology. Journal of Internal Medicine 254 (1), pp. 13 - 22 (2003)

Steiger, A.: Sleep and endocrine regulation. Frontiers in Bioscience 8, pp. s358 - s376 (2003)

Antonijevic, I. A.; Steiger, A.: Depression-like changes of the sleep-EEG during high dose corticosteroid, treatment in patients with multiple sclerosis. Biological Psychiatry 53 (8 Suppl. Suppl. S), p. 133S - 133S (2003)

Murck, H.; Held, K.; Ziegenbein, M.; Künzel, H.; Holsboer, F.; Steiger, A.: The neuropeptide galanin increases rem latency and alleviates depressed mood in patients with depression. Biological Psychiatry 53 (8 Suppl. Suppl. S), p. 131S - 131S (2003)

Steiger, A.; Weikel, J. C.; Wichniak, A.; Ising, M.; Brunner, H.; Friess, E.; Held, K.; Mathias, S.; Schmid, D. A.; Uhr, M.: Ghrelin promotes slow-wave sleep in man. Biological Psychiatry 53 (8 Suppl.), p. 209S - 209S (2003)

Nickel, T.; Sonntag, A.; Schill, J.; Zobel, A. W.; Ackl, N.; Brunnauer, A.; Murck, H.; Ising, M.; Yassouridis, A.; Steiger, A. et al.; Zihl, J.; Holsboer, F.: Clinical and neurobiological effects of tianeptine and paroxetine in major depression. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 23 (2), pp. 155 - 168 (2003)

Steiger, A.; Schmid, D. A.; Ising, M.; Uhr, M.; Weikel, J. C.; Held, K.: Opposite changes of nocturnal ghrelin and leptin levels during treatment of depression with mirtazapine. Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology 367 (Suppl. Suppl. 1), p. R111 - R111 (2003)