Overtraining and the BCAA hypothesis

Psychological monitoring of overtraining and staleness.

1987 • 640 citations

Overtraining in Athletes

1991 • 456 citations

Overtraining in Elite Athletes

1988 • 440 citations

Overtraining in endurance athletes: a brief review

1993 • 376 citations

Markers for monitoring overtraining and recovery

1995 • 369 citations

Effects of repeated days of intensified training on muscle glycogen and swimming performance

1988 • 358 citations

Effect of Training on Plasma Anabolic and Catabolic Steroid Hormones and Their Response During Physical Exercise

1986 • 351 citations

Hypothalamic Dysfunction in Overtrained Athletes*

1985 • 311 citations

Administration of branched-chain amino acids during sustained exercise ? effects on performance and on plasma concentration of some amino acids

1991 • 255 citations

Plasma amino acid concentrations in the overtraining syndrome

1992 • 240 citations

Neuroendocrine and substrate responses to altered brain 5-HT activity during prolonged exercise to fatigue

1993 • 226 citations

Effect of sustained exercise on plasma amino acid concentrations and on 5‐hydroxytryptamine metabolism in six different brain regions in the rat

1989 • 219 citations

Relationships Between Training Volume, Physical Performance Capacity, and Serum Hormone Concentrations During Prolonged Training in Elite Weight Lifters

1987 • 213 citations

Muscle glycogen utilization during prolonged exercise on successive days

1971 • 206 citations

Effects of carbohydrate feedings on plasma free tryptophan and branched-chain amino acids during prolonged cycling

1992 • 196 citations

Ingestion of branched‐chain amino acids and tryptophan during sustained exercise in man: failure to affect performance.

1995 • 188 citations

Correlation between brain tryptophan and plasma neutral amino acid levels following food consumption in rats

1973 • 170 citations

Effects of conditioned running on plasma, liver and brain tryptophan and on brain 5‐hydroxytryptamine metabolism of the rat

1985 • 162 citations

Training-overtraining: performance, and hormone levels, after a defined increase in training volume versus intensity in experienced middle- and long-distance runners.

1992 • 159 citations

The Behaviour of the Plasma Free Testosterone/Cortisol Ratio during a Season of Elite Rowing Training

1991 • 154 citations

Exercise-induced activation of the branched-chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase in human muscle

1989 • 144 citations

Adaptation and overtraining in horses subjected to increasing training loads

1994 • 139 citations

Biochemical changes in a 100 km run: Free amino acids, urea, and creatinine

1979 • 137 citations

Amino Acid Analysis Demonstrates that Increased Plasma Free Tryptophan Causes the Increase of Brain Tryptophan During Exercise in the Rat

1986 • 133 citations

Binding of Indole Analogues to Human Serum Albumin

1965 • 133 citations

Hormonal responses of elite swimmers to overtraining

1993 • 131 citations

Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Testicular Axis Function in Endurance-Trained Males

1990 • 125 citations

Endurance Training Decreases Serum Testosterone Levels in Men without Change in Luteinizing Hormone Pulsatile Release*

1991 • 118 citations

A Communicational Link Between Skeletal Muscle, Brain, and Cells of the Immune System

1990 • 116 citations

Serotonergic Agonists and Antagonists Affect Endurance Performance in the Rat

1993 • 115 citations

Effect of increased brain serotonergic activity on endurance performance in the rat

1992 • 110 citations

Overtraining syndrome.

1990 • 107 citations

Serum Amino Acid Concentrations in Nine Athletes Before and After the 1993 Colmar Ultra Triathlon

1995 • 103 citations

Decreased Nocturnal Catecholamine Excretion: Parameter for an Overtraining Syndrome in Athletes?*

1992 • 102 citations

Daily Hormonal and Neuromuscular Responses to Intensive Strength Training in 1 Week

1988 • 101 citations

Motor Activity Increases Tryptophan, 5‐Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid, and Homovanillic Acid in Ventricular Cerebrospinal Fluid of the Conscious Rat

1986 • 98 citations

Impaired Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Athletes After Utterly Strenuous Prolonged Exercise

1987 • 95 citations

Influence of 6-week, 6 days per week, training on pituitary function in recreational athletes.

1993 • 78 citations

Influence of exercise on free amino acid concentrations in rat tissues

1981 • 64 citations

Physiological profiles of overtrained and stale athletes: A review

1990 • 42 citations

Amino acid, ammonia and neurotransmitter concentrations in hepatic encephalopathy: Serial analysis in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid during treatment with an adapted amino acid solution

1984 • 41 citations

Unaccustomed High-Mileage vs Intensity Training-Related Changes in Performance and Serum Amino Acid Levels

1996 • 40 citations

438 EFFECTS OF A SEROTONIN (5-HT) AGONIST DURING PROLONGED EXERCISE TO FATIGUE IN HUMANS

1993 • 36 citations

HORMONAL CHANGES AT REST IN OVERTRAINED ENDURANCE ATHLETES.

1991 • 16 citations

Branched chain amino acids chronic treatment and muscular exercise performance in athletes: a study through plasma acetyl-carnitine levels

1993 • 11 citations

The Y-lntercept of the Maximal Work-Duration Regression and Field Tests of Anaerobic Capacity in Cyclists

1996 • 3 citations