Marked differences in functioning of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis between groups of men

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1979-1988

  Petrides, John S ^a   Gold, Philip W ^c   Mueller, Gregory P ^a   Singh, Anita ^a   Stratakis, Costas ^b   Chrousos, George P ^b   Deuster, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Cortisol; Dexamethasone and hydrocortisone; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0030949149     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.6.1979     Document Type: Article

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