Stress hormones and the immunological responses to heat and exercise

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 130-143

  Brenner, I ^b   Shek, P N ^b   Zamecnik, J ^b   Shephard, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cortisol; Epinephrine; Exercise stress; Growth hormone; Leukocytes; Norepinephrine; Repeated exercise; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CATECHOLAMINE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; HORMONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

BONE MARROW; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CELL MIGRATION; EXERCISE; HEAT STRESS; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHILIA; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; STRESS;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL MOVEMENT; EPINEPHRINE; EXERCISE; EXERTION; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; NOREPINEPHRINE; STRESS;

EID: 0031968350     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-971895     Document Type: Review

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