Increase in muscle nerve sympathetic activity after glucose intake is blunted in the elderly

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 195-203

  Fagius, Jan ^a   Ellerfelt, Karin ^a   Lithell, Hans ^a   Berne, Christian ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Blood pressure regulation; Eating; Insulin; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTAKE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; REST; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NOREPINEPHRINE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0029907633     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02291134     Document Type: Article

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