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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
Volume 29, Issue 11, Pages 867-871Publisher
GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1038490
Keywords
ultramarathon; serotonin; tryptophan; beta-endorphin
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan
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We investigated the possible influence of an exhaustive physical exercise on mental stress biomarkers (serotonin, tryptophan, and beta-endorphin) along with dopamine, noradrenalin and free fatty acids in all ultramarathon race in which 45 km was run on the first day and 90 km on the second. We obtained serum samples at 6 different time points during and after the race from 18 Japanese male runners who completed the marathon. Overall changes of serum serotonin and tryptophan concentrations were statistically Significant according to ANOVA for repeated measurements (p < 0.05). Serum serotonin levels elevated rapidly oil the first day with the post hoc Tukey's test. Tryptophan concentrations inversely decreased during the race, possibly because of utilization for synthesis of serotonin. Levels of beta-endorphin appeared to increase on the first and second days, but were not statistically significant. In Conclusion, serum serotonin, tryptophan and beta-endorphin appeared to be used for mental stress markets in physical exercise.
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