Endocrine markers of semistarvation in healthy lean men in a multistressor environment

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1820-1830

  Friedl, Karl E ^a,b   Moore, Robert J ^a   Hoyt, Reed W ^a   Marchitelli, Louis J ^a   Martinez Lopez, Lester E ^a   Askew, E Wayne ^a  

^a U States Army Res Inst EM   (United States)

^b PO Box 1779 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

3,5,3' triiodothyronine; Binding globulins; Body fat; Cholesterol; Cortisol; Growth hormone; Insulin; Luteinizing hormone; Sleep deprivation; Testosterone, insulin like growth factor I; Thyroid stimulating hormone; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HEAT STRESS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFEEDING; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STARVATION; STRESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0034120391     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.5.1820     Document Type: Article

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