Effects of estrogen replacement therapy on dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, and cortisol responses to exercise in postmenopausal women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 836-843

  Johnson, Lisa G ^a,b   Kraemer, Ginger R ^a   Kraemer, Robert R ^a   Gaines, Helen E ^a,c   Haltom, Ron ^a   Castracane, V Daniel ^a,d  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c North Oaks Medical Center   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal androgens; Cortisol; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; DHEA; Exercise; Hormone replacement; Postmenopausal

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GESTAGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PIPERAZINE ESTRONE SULFATE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; AGING; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLASMA VOLUME; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; KINETICS; LACTIC ACID; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLASMA VOLUME; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0030680089     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00369-5     Document Type: Article

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