Relations of total and abdominal adiposity to muscle sympathetic nerve activity in healthy older males

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1053-1057

  Jones, P P ^a   Davy, K P ^a   Seals, D R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Body fat; Sympathetic nervous system; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; DENSITOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEUROGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030779594     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800515     Document Type: Article

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