Vol. 28 (4) 2007 Neuro endocrinology letters

Altered circadian rhythms of corticosterone, melatonin, and phagocytic activity in response to stress in rats.

: Corticosterone is thought to be the main glucocorticoid secreted in response to stressful exercise, while melatonin buffers the adverse immunological effects of stress. The present work was aimed to evaluate whether swimming-exercise-induced stress leads to changes in the chronobiology parameters of the circadian rhythms of melatonin .....