Age-related blunting of growth hormone secretion during exercise may not be solely due to increased somatostatin tone

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 665-670

  Marcell, Taylor J ^a   Wiswell, Robert A ^a   Hawkins, Steve A ^a   Tarpenning, Kyle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSTATIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032894885     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(99)90069-0     Document Type: Article

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