Age and gender influence muscle sympathetic nerve activity at rest in healthy humans

Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 498-503

  Ng, Alexander V ^a,b   Callister, Robin ^a   Johnson, David G ^a   Seals, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROGRAPHY; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLES; NOREPINEPHRINE; PERONEAL NERVE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0027394547     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.21.4.498     Document Type: Article

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