Psychological stress during exercise: immunoendocrine and oxidative responses

• Published in: Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) Vol. 235; no. 12; p. 1498
• Main Authors: Huang, Chun-Jung, Webb, Heather E, Evans, Ronald K, McCleod, Kelly A, Tangsilsat, Supatchara E, Kamimori, Gary H, Acevedo, Edmund O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.12.2010
• Subjects: Adult; Catecholamines - blood; Dinoprost - analogs & derivatives; Dinoprost - blood; Exercise - physiology; Exercise - psychology; Homeostasis; Humans; Interleukin-2 - blood; Male; Oxidative Stress; Stress, Physiological - immunology; Stress, Physiological - physiology; Stress, Psychological - immunology; Stress, Psychological - metabolism; Stress, Psychological - physiopathology

The purpose of this study was to examine the changes in catecholamines (epinephrine [EPI] and norepinephrine [NE]), interleukin-2 (IL-2) and a biomarker of oxidative stress (8-isoprostane) in healthy individuals who were exposed to a dual challenge (physical and psychological stress). Furthermore, t...