title: [Study of GH in patients suffering from sexual impotence and abnormal glucose tolerance test (author's transl)].
abstract: The correlation between dopamine-serotonin systems and sexual behaviour and the influence of these two amines on GH secretion is well known. We evaluated GH responses (maximum increase (delta) after OGTT and mean increase (delta M) after insulin test) in a group of 32 males suffering from erective impotence with impotence with abnormal reaction to a glucose tolerance test. Results were compared with those obtained in a group of 13 normal controls. No significant difference in basal values and dynamic responses between the two groups was present. Our data suggest that GH doesn't decrease the tolerance to glucose in these patients. The abnormal values observed during a glucose tolerance test may be due to some agent involved in the interactions between limbic system, ventral lateral and ventral medial hypothalamic nuclei and dopamine-serotonin systems. No influence by this system on GH secretion is evident.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000097:blood*; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D011388:Prolactin; D013006:Growth Hormone
vernacular_title: Comportamento del GH in un gruppo di pazienti con intolleranza glucidica ed impotenza erettiva.