Influences of Exercise and Training on the Circulating Concentration of Prolactin in Humans

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 395-402

  Rojas Vega, S ^a   Hollmann, W ^a   Struder H K ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 HT; Exercise; Growth factor; Neuroplasticity; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; TRYPTOPHAN;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AMENORRHEA; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC EXERCISE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYCLING; DOWN REGULATION; ENDURANCE TRAINING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MARATHON RUNNER; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; OVERTRAINING SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROLACTIN;

EID: 84857381613     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02266.x     Document Type: Review

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