Table of Contents:
  • Basic principles and mechanisms of endocrinology / Michael R. Deschenes and Keiichiro Dohi
  • Exercise testing: a bridge between the high-tech and the human: the need for Innovative technologies / Dan M. Cooper
  • Measurement of peptide hormones / Martin Bidlingmaier, Zida Wu and Christian J. Strasburger
  • Analysis of low molecular weight substances in doping control / Mario Thevis and Wilhelm Schänzer
  • The reproductive axis / Johannes D. Veldhuis and Arthur L. Weltman
  • Growth hormone variants and human exercise / Wesley C. Hymer ... [et al.]
  • Growth hormone binding proteins / Gerhard Baumann
  • Resistance exercise: acute and chronic changes in growth hormone concentrations / William J. Kraemer, Bradley C. Nindl and Scott E. Gordon
  • The growth hormone response to acute and chronic aerobic exercise / Arthur L. Weltman ... [et al.]
  • Proopiomelanocortin and exercise / Heinz W. Harbach and Gunter Hempelmann
  • Introduction to the insulin-like growth factor signalling system / Charles T. Roberts, Jr.
  • Exercise, training and the GH-IGF-I axis / Alon Eliakim, Dan Nemet and Dan M. Cooper
  • The role of MGF and other IGF-I splice variants in muscle maintenance and hypertrophy / Geoffrey Goldspink ... [et al.]
  • Adrenal gland: fight or flight implications for exercise and sports / Michael KjÆr
  • The adrenal medulla: proenkephalins and exercise stress / Jill A. Bush and N. Travis Triplett
  • Exercise and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis / Warrick J. Inder and Gary A. Wittert
  • Influence of energy availability on luteinizing hormone pulsatility and menstrual cyclicity / Ann B. Loucks
  • Oral contraceptive use and physical performance / Jaci L. Vanheest, Carrie E. Mahoney and Carl D. Rodgers
  • Energy balance and exercise-associated menstrual cycle disturbances: practical and clinical considerations / Nancy I. Williams and Mary Jane De Souza
  • Regulation of testicular function: changes in reproductive hormones during exercise, recovery, nutritional deprivation, and illness / Shalender Bhasin
  • Hormonal and growth factor-related mechanisms involved in the adaptation of skeletal muscle to exercise / Fawzi Kadi
  • Resistance exercise and testosterone / Atko Viru and Mehis Viru
  • Exercise response of [beta] endorphin and cortisol: implications on immune function / Allan H. Goldfarb
  • Neuroendocrine modulation of the immune system with exercise and muscle damage / Mary P. Miles
  • The impact of exercise on immunity: the role of neuroendocrine immune communications / Andrea M. Mastro and Robert H. Bonneau
  • Exercise regulation of insulin action in skeletal muscle / Richard C. Ho, Oscar Alcazar and Laurie J. Goodyear
  • Hormone and exercise-induced modulation of bone metabolism / Clifford J. Rosen
  • Diet and hormonal responses: potential impact on body composition / Jeff S. Volek and Matthew J. Sharman
  • Neurohumoral responses and adaptations during rest and exercise at altitude
  • Beth A. Beidleman, Janet E. Staab and Ellen L. Glickman
  • Neuroendocrine influences on temperature regulation in hot environments / Lawrence E. Armstrong and Jack A. Boulant