Low energy availability, not stress of exercise, alters LH pulsatility in exercising women

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-46

  Loucks, A B ^a,c   Verdun, M ^a   Heath, E M ^a,b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic amenorrhea; Luteinizing hormone; Metabolic hormones; Nutrition; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; REPRODUCTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031884655     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.1.37     Document Type: Article

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