Acute Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Responses to the Stress of Treadmill Exercise

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 316, Issue 21, 1987, Pages 1309-1315

  Luger, Anton ^a   Deuster, Patricia A ^b   Kyle, Susan B ^b   Gallucci, William T ^b   Montgomery, Lesley C ^b   Gold, Philip W ^b   Loriaux, D Lynn ^b   Chrousos, George P ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LACTATES; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0023238586     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198705213162105     Document Type: Article

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