Relation of leptin and insulin to adiposity-associated elevations in sympathetic activity with age in humans

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1183-1187

  Monroe, M B ^a   Van Pelt, R E ^a   Schiller, B C ^a   Seals, D R ^a,b,c   Parker Jones, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Center on Aging   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal body fat; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0033810868     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801364     Document Type: Article

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