Exercise training in the normal female: effects of exercise stress and energy availability on metabolic hormones and LH pulsatility

Author(s): Loucks AB

Abstract

In this field of study, as in others, competing schools of thought have developed to explain the HPG axis disorders observed in exercising women. Of the several early mechanisms proposed, three maintain adherents today in at least a refined version.

KeywordsExercise StressEnergy AvailabilityGnRH NeuronLuteinizing Hormone SecretionMenstrual Disorder

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