Endocrine System in Sports and Exercise (eBook)

William J. Kraemer is the editor of The Endocrine System in Sports and Exercise, published by Wiley. A. D. Rogol is the editor of The Endocrine System in Sports and Exercise, published by Wiley.

THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE 5
Contents 7
List of Contributors 10
Foreword 14
Preface 15
1 Introduction 17
2 Basic Principles and Mechanisms of Endocrinology 24
3 Exercise Testing: a Bridge Between the High-Tech and the Human—the Need for Innovative Technologies 41
4 Measurement of Peptide Hormones 52
5 Analysis of Low Molecular Weight Substances in Doping Control 63
6 The Reproductive Axis 85
7 Growth Hormone Variants and Human Exercise 93
8 Growth Hormone Binding Proteins 110
9 Resistance Exercise: Acute and Chronic Changes in Growth Hormone Concentrations 126
10 The Growth Hormone Response to Acute and Chronic Aerobic Exercise 138
11 Proopiomelanocortin and Exercise 150
12 Introduction to the Insulin-Like Growth Factor Signaling System 172
13 Exercise,Training and the GH –IGF-I Axis 181
14 The Role of MGF and Other IGF-I Splice Variants in Muscle Maintenance and Hypertrophy 196
15 Adrenal Gland: Fight or Flight Implications for Exercise and Sports 210
16 The Adrenal Medulla: Proenkephalins and Exercise Stress 216
17 Exercise and the Hypothalamic – Pituitary – Adrenal Axis 233
18 In fluence of Energy Availability on Luteinizing Hormone Pulsatility and Menstrual Cyclicity 248
19 Oral Contraceptive Use and Physical Performance 266
20 Energy Balance and Exercise-Associated Menstrual Cycle Disturbances:Practical and Clinical Considerations 277
21 Regulation of Testicular Function: Changes in Reproductive Hormones During Exercise, Recovery, Nutritional Deprivation and Illness 295
22 Hormonal and Growth Factor-Related Mechanisms Involved in the Adaptation of Skeletal Muscle to Exercise 322
23 Resistance Exercise and Testosterone 335
24 Exercise Response of ?-Endorphin and Cortisol: Implications on Immune Function 355
25 Neuroendocrine Modulation of the Immune System with Exercise and Muscle Damage 361
26 The Impact of Exercise on Immunity: the Role of Neuroendocrine –Immune Communications 384
27 Exercise Regulation of Insulin Action in Skeletal Muscle 404
28 Hormone and Exercise-Induced Modulation of Bone Metabolism 424
29 Diet and Hormonal Responses: Potential Impact on Body Composition 442
30 Neurohumoral Responses and Adaptations During Rest and Exercise at Altitude 460
31 Neuroendocrine Influences on Temperature Regulation in Hot Environments 482
32 Alterations in Arginine Vasopressin with Exercise, Environmental Stress and Other Modifying Factors 503
33 Human Endocrine Responses to Exercise –Cold Stress 515
34 Growth,Maturation and Hormonal Changes During Puberty: Influence of Sport Training 528
35 Effects of Testosterone and Related Androgens on Athletic Performance in Men 541
36 Growth Hormone and Sport 560
37 Endocrinology of Overtraining 594
38 Endocrinology of Sport Competition 616
Index 629