Metabolic and hormonal responses to isoenergetic high-intensity interval exercise and continuous moderate-intensity exercise

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 307, Issue 7, 2014, Pages E539-E552

  Peake, Jonathan M ^a,b   Tan, Sok Joo ^c   Markworth, James F ^d   Broadbent, James A ^a   Skinner, Tina L ^c   Cameron Smith, David ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Exercise intensity; Free fatty acids; Metabolites; Stress hormones; Tricarboxylic acid intermediates

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CORTICOTROPIN; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CYCLING; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL EXERCISE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; MODERATE INTENSITY CONTINUOUS EXERCISE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; EXERCISE; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLOME; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN-6; LACTIC ACID; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLOME; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TRICARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

EID: 84907767056     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00276.2014     Document Type: Article

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