Psychobiological mechanisms of exercise dependence

Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 477-484

  Hamer, Mark ^a   Karageorghis, Costas I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANOREXIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; OBSESSION; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

AROUSAL; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CYTOKINES; EXERCISE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34249083114     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200737060-00002     Document Type: Review

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