High Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Negatively Associated with Daily Cortisol Output in Healthy Aging Men.

Physical fitness has salutary psychological and physical effects in older adults by promoting neuroplasticity and adaptation to stress. In aging, however, the effects of fitness on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis are mixed. We investigated the association between cardiorespiratory fitn...

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Main Authors: Francesco Lucertini, Elisa Ponzio, Michael Di Palma, Claudia Galati, Ario Federici, Pamela Barbadoro, Marcello M D'Errico, Emilia Prospero, Patrizia Ambrogini, Riccardo Cuppini, Davide Lattanzi, Andrea Minelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4631391?pdf=render