Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal and -gonadal axis function after exercise in sedentary and endurance trained elderly males

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-288

  Strüder, Heiko K ^a   Hollmann, Wildor ^a   Platen, Petra ^a   Rost, Richard ^a   Weicker, Helmut ^b   Weber, Karl ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging releasing hormones; Endurance training; Reproductive system

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONAD FUNCTION; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SITTING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRAINING;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGED; AGING; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EXERCISE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PITUITARY GLAND; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0031932961     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050334     Document Type: Article

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