Hormonal (Cortical-Gonadotropic Axis) and Physical Changes With Two Years Intense Exercise Training in Elite Young

Mohamed Ali Hammami1, Abderraouf Ben Abderrahman, Anthony C Hackney

  • 11Movement, Sport and Health Sciences Laboratory (M2S), UFR-APS, University of Rennes 2-ENS Cachan, Rennes, France; 2High Institute of Sport and Physical Education (ISSEP) Ksar Saïd, Tunis, Tunisia; 3Laboratory of Physiology and Functional Explorations, Ibn Eljazzar Faculty of Medicine, University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia; 4"Sport Performance Optimization" National Center of Medicine and Science in Sport (CNMSS), Tunis, Tunisia; 5Endocrine Section, Applied Physiology Laboratory, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; 6Center for Sport Research and Innovation, University of Claude Bernard Lyon, Lyon, France; and 7Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science of Tunis, University Tunis el Manar, Tunis, Tunisia[LINE SEPARATOR].

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