[Effects of physical training on endocrine functions].
Muscular exercise has an impact on endocrine functions. A single bout of exercise (for example, running for 30 minutes) activates certain endocrine systems required to maintain body homeostasis. Moreover, the effects of exercise persist after the end of exercise, continuing during the recovery period. Training, i.e. regularly repeated exercise, can affect endocrine functions by modifying hormonal responses to exercise and/or by modifying endocrine functions in resting conditions. In other words, endocrine functions adapt to repeated muscular exercise. The understanding of such modifications should allow avoiding unwarranted hormonal substitution in sportsmen and sportswomen.
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Laboratoire Neurogénétique et Stress, INSERM U471, Institut François Magendie, rue C. Saint Saëns, Université Bordeaux II, 33077 Bordeaux Cedex. duclos@bordeaux.inserm.fr
D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000502:physiology; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004702:Endocrine Glands / Q000502:physiology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006062:Gonadotropins / Q000502:physiology; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000502:physiology; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000502:physiology; D013177:Sports; D013737:Testis / Q000502:physiology; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood
D006062:Gonadotropins; D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D013739:Testosterone; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone