Administration of a GABA(B) agonist baclofen before running to exhaustion in the rat: Effects on performance and on some indicators of fatigue

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 75-78

  Abdelmalki, A ^a   Merino, D ^a   Bonneau, D ^a   Bigard, A X ^a   Guezennec, C Y ^a  

^a Institut de Medecine Aerospatiale du Service de Sante des Armees   (France)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Central fatigue; Exhaustion; GABA; Muscle and liver glycogen

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; GLYCOGEN MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RAT; RUNNING; SPORTS MEDICINE; TIME; TRAINING; TREADMILL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENDURANCE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FATIGUE; GABA AGONISTS; GLYCOGEN; LIVER; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PLACEBOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RUNNING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030609954     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-972598     Document Type: Article

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