Intensive exercise training suppresses testosterone during bed rest

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-63

  Wade, C E ^a,b   Stanford, K I ^a   Stein, T P ^c   Greenleaf, J E ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Cortisol; Countermeasures; Progesterone; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALDOSTERONE; CATECHOLAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BED REST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOTONIC EXERCISE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SPACE FLIGHT; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE MUSCULOSKELETAL; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BED REST; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EXERCISE; EXERTION; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TESTOSTERONE; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 21644487905     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00332.2004     Document Type: Article

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