Adaptation of the hypothalamopituitary adrenal axis to chronic exercise stress in humans

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1015-1019

  Wittert, Gary A ^a,b   Livesey, John H ^a   Espiner, Eric A ^a   Donald, Richard A ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACTH; ADAPTATION; CORTISOL; ULTRAMARATHON

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; STRESS;

EID: 0029831163     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199608000-00011     Document Type: Article

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