Treadmill exercise training and estradiol increase plasma ACTH and prolactin after novel footshock

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 931-939

  White Welkley, Jill E ^a   Warren, Gordon L ^b   Bunnell, Bradford N ^b   Mougey, Edward H ^b   Meyerhoff, James L ^b   Dishman, Rod K ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

adrenocorticotropic hormone; footshock; hypothalamic pituitary adrenal cortical; hypothalamic pituitary gonadal; immobilization; ovariectomized

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK; STRESS; TREADMILL;

EID: 0029887593     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.3.931     Document Type: Article

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