Women at altitude: Short-term exposure to hypoxia and/or α1-adrenergic blockade reduces insulin sensitivity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 623-631

  Braun, Barry ^a,e   Rock, Paul B ^b   Zamudio, Stacy ^c   Wolfel, Gene E ^c   Mazzeo, Robert S ^d   Muza, Stephen R ^b   Fulco, Charles S ^b   Moore, Lorna G ^c   Butterfield, Gail E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Epinephrine; Glucose tolerance; Homeostatic model; Insulin resistance; Prazosin

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INSULIN; PLACEBO; PRAZOSIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOXIA; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034912215     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.91.2.623     Document Type: Article

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