Menstrual irregularities and energy deficiency in physically active women: The role of ghrelin, PYY and adipocytokines

Medicine and Sport Science

Volumn 55, Issue , 2010, Pages 82-102

  Scheid, Jennifer L ^a   De Souza, Mary Jane ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; GHRELIN; LEPTIN; PEPTIDE YY;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOKINES; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEPTIDE YY;

EID: 78249268860     PISSN: 02545020     EISSN: 16622812     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000321974     Document Type: Article

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