Increased plasma norepinephrine response to yohimbine in elderly men

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  Petrie, Eric C ^b,c   Peskind, Elaine R ^a,b   Dobie, Dorcas J ^a,b   Veith, Richard C ^b   Raskind, Murray A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLONIDINE; NORADRENALIN; PLACEBO; YOHIMBINE;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0034053764     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.3.M155     Document Type: Article

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