Basic principles and mechanisms of endocrinology / Michael R. Deschenes and Keiichiro Dohi -- Exercise testing: a bridge between the high-tech and the human: the need for Innovative technologies / Dan M. Cooper -- Measurement of peptide hormones / Martin Bidlingmaier, Zida Wu and Christian J. Strasburger -- Analysis of low molecular weight substances in doping control / Mario Thevis and Wilhelm Schänzer -- The reproductive axis / Johannes D. Veldhuis and Arthur L. Weltman -- Growth hormone variants and human exercise / Wesley C. Hymer [and others] -- Growth hormone binding proteins / Gerhard Baumann -- Resistance exercise: acute and chronic changes in growth hormone concentrations / William J. Kraemer, Bradley C. Nindl and Scott E. Gordon.

The growth hormone response to acute and chronic aerobic exercise / Arthur L. Weltman [and others] -- Proopiomelanocortin and exercise / Heinz W. Harbach and Gunter Hempelmann -- Introduction to the insulin-like growth factor signalling system / Charles T. Roberts, Jr. -- Exercise, training and the GH-IGF-I axis / Alon Eliakim, Dan Nemet and Dan M. Cooper -- The role of MGF and other IGF-I splice variants in muscle maintenance and hypertrophy / Geoffrey Goldspink [and others] -- Adrenal gland: fight or flight implications for exercise and sports / Michael KjÆr -- The adrenal medulla: proenkephalins and exercise stress / Jill A. Bush and N. Travis Triplett -- Exercise and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis / Warrick J. Inder and Gary A. Wittert -- Influence of energy availability on luteinizing hormone pulsatility and menstrual cyclicity / Ann B. Loucks -- Oral contraceptive use and physical performance / Jaci L. Vanheest, Carrie E. Mahoney and Carl D. Rodgers -- Energy balance and exercise-associated menstrual cycle disturbances: practical and clinical considerations / Nancy I. Williams and Mary Jane De Souza -- Regulation of testicular function: changes in reproductive hormones during exercise, recovery, nutritional deprivation, and illness / Shalender Bhasin -- Hormonal and growth factor-related mechanisms involved in the adaptation of skeletal muscle to exercise / Fawzi Kadi -- Resistance exercise and testosterone / Atko Viru and Mehis Viru -- Exercise response of [beta] endorphin and cortisol: implications on immune function / Allan H. Goldfarb.

Neuroendocrine modulation of the immune system with exercise and muscle damage / Mary P. Miles -- The impact of exercise on immunity: the role of neuroendocrine immune communications / Andrea M. Mastro and Robert H. Bonneau -- Exercise regulation of insulin action in skeletal muscle / Richard C. Ho, Oscar Alcazar and Laurie J. Goodyear -- Hormone and exercise-induced modulation of bone metabolism / Clifford J. Rosen -- Diet and hormonal responses: potential impact on body composition / Jeff S. Volek and Matthew J. Sharman -- Neurohumoral responses and adaptations during rest and exercise at altitude -- Beth A. Beidleman, Janet E. Staab and Ellen L. Glickman -- Neuroendocrine influences on temperature regulation in hot environments / Lawrence E. Armstrong and Jack A. Boulant.

Alterations in arginine vasopressin with exercise, environmental stress and other modifying factors / Carl M. Maresh and Daniel A. Judelson -- Human endocrine responses to exercise: cold stress / John W. Castellani and David W. Degroot -- Growth, maturation, and hormonal changes during puberty: influence of sport training / James N. Roemmich -- Effects of testosterone and related androgens on athletic performance in men -- Karl E. Friedl -- Growth hormone and sport / Jennifer D. Wallace and Ross C. Cuneo -- Endocrinology of overtraining / Andrew C. Fry, Juergen M. Steinacker and Romain Meeusen -- Endocrinology of sport competition / Jay R. Hoffman.