Hormonal responses to acute exercise, training and overtraining a review with emphasis on the horse

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 82-101

  de Graaf Roelfsema, E ^a   Keizer, H A ^b   van Breda, E ^c   Wijnberg, I D ^a   van der Kolk, J H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH); Athletes; Comparative study; Corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH); Cortisol; Equine diseases; Exercise; Growth hormone (GH); Hormones; Horses; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; Insulin like growth factor I; Neuroendocrine dysbalance; Overtraining syndrome; Review; Sports medicine; Training

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; VASOPRESSIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; BURNOUT; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORSE DISEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; OVERTRAINING SYNDROME; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE; HORSES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 35248839954     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2007.9695232     Document Type: Review

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