Bouts of exercise elicit discordant testosterone: cortisol ratios in runners and non-runners

ABSTRACT Objective: The testosterone:cortisol ratio (T:C) is suggested to be used in order to examine whether physical exercise generates either a “catabolic environment” or an “anabolic environment”. The present study aims to evaluate the acute time-course profile of cortisol and testosterone due...

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Main Authors: Thiago Paes de Barros De Luccia, José Eduardo Soubhia Natali, Alexandre Moreira, José Guilherme Chaui-Berlinck, José Eduardo Pereira Wilken Bicudo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2018-05-01
Series:Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972018000300325&lng=en&tlng=en