Comparisons of serum testosterone and corticosterone between exercise training during normoxia and hypobaric hypoxia in rats

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 417-421

  Hu, Yang ^a   Asano, Katsumi ^a   Mizuno, Koh ^b   Usuki, Satoshi ^a   Kawakura, Youko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous exercise; Corticosterone; Intermittent exercise; Normoxia and hypobaric hypoxia; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CORTICOSTERONE; EXERTION; MALE; OXYGEN; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031665107     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050440     Document Type: Article

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