Norepinephrine spillover at rest and during submaximal exercise in young and old subjects

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1869-1874

  Mazzeo, Robert S ^a   Rajkumar, Chakravarthi ^b   Jennings, Garry ^b   Esler, Murray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Epinephrine; Hepatomesenteric; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; TRACER;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0030927481     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.6.1869     Document Type: Article

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