Spaceflight suppresses exercise-induced release of bioassayable growth hormone

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1207-1212

  McCall, G E ^a   Goulet, C ^a   Roy, R R ^a   Grindeland, R E ^b   Boorman, G I ^a   Bigbee, A J ^b   Hodgson, J A ^a   Greenisen, M C ^c   Edgerton, V R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Fatigue; Human; Maximum voluntary contraction

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; GRAVITY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0032860683     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.3.1207     Document Type: Article

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