Catecholamines, hypoxia and high altitude

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 389-399

  Rostrup, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Blood pressure; Catecholamines; High altitude; Hypoxia; Noradrenaline; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; NORADRENALIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; ALTITUDE DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; EPINEPHRINE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0031913225     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1998.00335.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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