Body Fat and the Activity of the Autonomic Nervous System

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 318, Issue 17, 1988, Pages 1077-1083

  Peterson, Hugh R ^a   Rothschild, Marylee ^a   Weinberg, Clarice R ^a   Fell, Ronald D ^a   McLeish, Kenneth R ^a   Pfeifer, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY FAT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATECHOLAMINES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0023912682     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198804283181701     Document Type: Article

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