Growth hormone, exercise, and athletic performance: A continued evolution of complexity

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 242-252

  Kraemer, William J ^a   Dunn Lewis, Courtenay ^a   Comstock, Brett A ^a   Thomas, Gwendolyn A ^a   Clark, James E ^a   Nindl, Bradley C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; MONOMER;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ATHLETE; EXERCISE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; PERFORMANCE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DOPING IN SPORTS; EXERCISE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956801652     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e3181e976df     Document Type: Review

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