Plasma melatonin increases during exercise in women.
Melatonin was measured in plasma of seven women volunteers before and after serial acute submaximal exercise tests performed during the course of a two-month, progressive endurance training program. Plasma melatonin increased during all exercise sessions and declined towards baseline values when re-measured thirty minutes after completion of each exercise. This finding indicates that vigorous physical activity elicits transient increases in plasma melatonin in both sedentary and trained women.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008550:Melatonin / Q000097:blood*; D005082:Physical Exertion; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000502:physiology
D008550:Melatonin