Modified activity-stress paradigm in an animal model of the female athlete triad

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1469-1478

  DiMarco, Nancy M ^a   Dart, Lyn ^b   Sanborn, Charlotte ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Energy balance; Rat

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREADMILL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; EXERTION; FEMALE; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD SYNDROME; HUMANS; LEPTIN; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS;

EID: 35649021720     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01137.2005     Document Type: Article

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