Hormone Use and Abuse by Athletes

1. GH/IGF-I Axis in Exercise
Enrico Gabellieri, Ignacio Bernabeu, Eva Fernandez, Monica Marazuela, Luca Chiovato, Felipe F. Casanueva

2. Exercise, Training, and the Hypothalamo–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis
Martin Duclos, Antoine Tabarin

3. Thyroid Axis, Prolactin, and Exercise
Anthony C. Hackney

4. Exercise, Training, and the Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Gonadal Axis in Men
Michael Zitzmann

5. Exercise and the Reproductive System in Women
Anne B. Loucks

6. Physical Exercise, Sports, and Diabetes
Pierpaolo Feo

7. Motor Performance and Muscle Mass as a Function of Hormonal Responses to Exercise
Marco A. Minetto, Andrea Benso, Ezio Ghigo, Fabio Lanfranco

8. Sports, Hormones, and Doping in Children and Adolescents
Alan D. Rogol

9. Androgen Abuse
Karen Choong, Ravi Jasuja, Shehzad Basaria, Thomas W. Storer, Shalender Bhasin

10. Growth Hormone
Arthur Weltman

11. Erythropoietin
Wolfgang Jelkmann

12. Amino Acids and Nonhormonal Compounds for Doping in Athletes
Zvi Zadik

13. The Assay of Endogenous and Exogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids
Maria Kristina Parr, Ulrich Flenker, Wilhelm Schänzer

14. Problems with Growth Hormone Doping in Sports: Isoform Methods
Martin Bidlingmaier, Zida Wu, Christian J. Strasburger

15. Detection of Growth Hormone Doping in Sport Using Growth Hormone-Responsive Markers
Anne E. Nelson, Ken K. Y. Ho

16. Distinction Between Endogenous and Exogenous Erythropoietin: Marker Methods
Jordi Segura, Mario Zorzoli

17. Direct Methods for Distinction Between Endogenous and Exogenous Erythropoietin
Séverine Lamon, Neil Robinson, Martial Saugy

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Endocrinology, Cardiology