Growth hormone response to graded exercise intensities is attenuated and the gender difference abolished in older adults

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1623-1629

  Weltman, Arthur ^a,d   Weltman, Judy Y ^a   Roy, Cathy Pritzlaff ^b   Wideman, Laurie ^c   Patrie, James ^a   Evans, William S ^d   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Human; Lactate threshold; Somatotropic

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HALF LIFE TIME; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; LACTATES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33646403159     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01312.2005     Document Type: Article

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