Peripheral signals of energy homeostasis as possible markers of training stress in athletes: A review

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-350

  Jürimäe, Jaak ^a   Mäestu, Jarek ^a   Jürimäe, Toivo ^a   Mangus, Brent ^b   Von Duvillard, Serge P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

^c The College of Idaho   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; GHRELIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; ENERGY BALANCE; EXERCISE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRAINING;

EID: 79951811922     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2010.02.009     Document Type: Review

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