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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
2018-05-01
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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 |