Effects of high-dose growth hormone on glucose and glycerol metabolism at rest and during exercise in endurance-trained athletes

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 320-327

  Healy, M L ^a   Gibney, J ^a,b   Pentecost, C ^a   Croos, P ^a   Russell Jones, D L ^a   Sonksen P H ^a   Umpleby, A M ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REST; TRAINING;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GLYCEROL; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REST;

EID: 30344439508     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-0916     Document Type: Article

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