Endurance training in females: Changes in β-endorphin and ACTH

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 260-264

  Heitkamp, H Ch ^a   Schulz, H ^a   Rocker K ^a   Dickhuth, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

endorphin; ACTH; Endurance training; Women

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ENDURANCE; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; BETA-ENDORPHIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATES; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031779716     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-971915     Document Type: Article

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