The effects of exertional heatstroke and exercise-heat acclimation on plasma β-endorphin concentrations

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 758-762

  Kraemer, William J ^a   Armstrong, Lawrence E ^b   Watson, Greig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Exercise; Hormones; Opioid peptides; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT STROKE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOREGULATION; TRAINING;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EXERCISE; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0038354692     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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