Direct evidence for tonic sympathetic support of resting metabolic rate in healthy adult humans

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 280, Issue 5 43-5, 2001, Pages

  Monroe, Mary Beth ^a   Seals, Douglas R ^a,b   Shapiro, Linda F ^a,b   Bell, Christopher ^a   Johnson, David ^c   Jones, Pamela Parker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Resting energy metabolism; Sympathetic nervous system; adrenergic blockade

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE; NORADRENALIN; PROPRANOLOL;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035010368     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2001.280.5.e740     Document Type: Article

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