Control of the forearm microcirculation: Interactions with measures of obesity and noradrenaline kinetics

Clinical Science

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-212

  Nestel, Paul J ^a   Yamashita, Takeshi ^a   Sasahara, Takayuki ^a   Chin Dusting, Jaye P F ^a   Esler, Murray D ^a   Dart, Anthony M ^a   Jennings, Garry L ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forearm blood flow; Noradrenaline spillover; Obesity; Plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031660157     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0950203     Document Type: Article

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