Function of the GH/IGF-1 Axis in Healthy Middle-Aged Male Runners

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 498-503

  Ambrosio, Maria R ^a   Valentini, Alberto ^a   Trasforini, Giorgio ^a   Minuto, Franco ^b   Ghigo, Ezio ^c   Cella, Silvano ^d   Margutti, Angelo ^a   Pansini, Raffaele ^a   Degli Uberti, Ettore C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Clinical neuroendocrinology; Growth hormone; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Insulin like growth factors

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING;

AGING; EXERCISE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030015168     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127078     Document Type: Article

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