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  • Effects of high-dose large neutral amino acid supplementation on exercise, motor skill, and mental performance in Australian Rules Football players

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    Stepto, Nigel K
    Shipperd, Benjamin B
    Hyman, Graeme
    McInerney, Bernie
    Pyne, David B
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    Pyne, David B.
    Year published
    2011
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    This study investigated the effects of high-dose large neutral amino acid (LNAA) supplementation on attenuating fatigue-induced decrements in exercise and motor skill performance in Australian Rules Football (ARF) players. Fifteen subelite ARF players participated in 3 testing sessions separated by 7 days. Players completed an initial control trial involving a reactive motor skills test (RMST) and a reactive agility test (RAT) carried out before and after fatiguing exercise. In the subsequent experimental trials, players ingested a serotonin-depleting or protein control (PC) LNAA mixture 3 h before testing, allocated ...
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    This study investigated the effects of high-dose large neutral amino acid (LNAA) supplementation on attenuating fatigue-induced decrements in exercise and motor skill performance in Australian Rules Football (ARF) players. Fifteen subelite ARF players participated in 3 testing sessions separated by 7 days. Players completed an initial control trial involving a reactive motor skills test (RMST) and a reactive agility test (RAT) carried out before and after fatiguing exercise. In the subsequent experimental trials, players ingested a serotonin-depleting or protein control (PC) LNAA mixture 3 h before testing, allocated in a double-blind randomized cross-over design. Blood samples were taken at presupplementation and pre- and postexercise for analysis of plasma amino acid, insulin, and metabolite concentrations. The effect of the LNAA was established as the difference in the change in the mean RMST and RAT test scores among the depleting, PC, and baseline (BL) trials. Mean overall repetition time of the RAT was moderately improved by -5.2% ᠳ.4% (mean ᠹ0% confidence limits; effect size -0.45 ᠰ.28) after ingestion of the serotonin-depleting mixture compared with the BL trial. Serotonin-depleting and PC supplements had a divergent effect on mean repetition time after fatiguing exercise in RMST: depleting serotonin elicited a small improvement (-3.0% ᠲ.7%) in motor skill performance in contrast to a small decrement (2.4% ᠲ.7%) after ingestion of the PC mixture, when compared to the BL. High-dose serotonin-"depleting" LNAA supplementation
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    Journal Title
    Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism
    Volume
    36
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1139/H11-073
    Copyright Statement
    © 2011 NRC Research Press. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
    Biological Sciences
    Medical and Health Sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/44815
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