Exercise Stress and Endogenous Opiates

  • Peter Farrell
  • Anthony Gustafson
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Abstract

The use of exercise to reveal physiological responses and adaptations has a long history. Exercise can be quantified and repeated exertion markedly alters body functions. Well established exercise procedures such as the use of an individual’s aerobic capacity have allowed exercise stress to be used as an experimental model to investigate the endogenous opiate system. A vast literature had accumulated prior to 1975 concerning the physiological effects of morphine. When the endogenous opiates were discovered’, researchers already had insights into probable functions of the endogenous opiates. Therefore, it is not surprising that many possible roles for endorphins/enkephalins have been studied using the exercise model.

Keywords

Locomotor Activity Adrenal Medulla Opiate Receptor Spontaneous Locomotor Activity Morphine Injection 
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© Springer Science+Business Media New York 1986

Authors and Affiliations

  • Peter Farrell
    • 1
  • Anthony Gustafson
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Human KineticsUniversity of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeUSA
  2. 2.Endocrine Metabolic SectionMedical College of WisconsinUSA

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