Dopaminergic responses in the Fischer 344 rat heart: Preserved chronotropic and dromotropic responses with aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Schwartz, Janice B ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CHRONOTROPISM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENESCENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031021590     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/52A.1.M36     Document Type: Article

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