Serum testosterone, growth hormone, and insulin-like growth factor-1 levels, mental reaction time, and maximal aerobic exercise in sedentary and long-term physically trained elderly males

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 623-637

  Ari, Zeki ^a   Kutlu, Necip ^a   Uyanik, Bekir Sami ^a   Taneli, Fatma ^a   Buyukyazi, Gurbuz ^a   Tavli, Talat ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aging; Exercise; Growth hormone; Insulin like growth factor 1; Reaction time; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REACTION TIME; SENESCENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRAINING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY VENTILATION; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 1942534515     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450490430499     Document Type: Article

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