Exercise increases tryptophan availability to the brain in older men age 57-70 years

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 881-887

  Melancon, Michel O ^a,b   Lorrain, Dominique ^a,b   Dionne, Isabelle J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; amino acids; antidepressant; endurance exercise; serotonin synthesis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROLACTIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BRAIN; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BRAIN; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; HUMANS; LACTATES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROLACTIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84859887618     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31823ede8e     Document Type: Article

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