Overtraining and the BCAA hypothesis

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1173-1178

  Gastmann, Uwe A L ^a   Lehmann, Manfred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; Branched chain amino acids; Muscular and central fatigue; Overtraining

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; SEROTONIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OVEREXERTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERTION; FATIGUE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SEROTONIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031849755     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199807000-00025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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