Heterogeneous responses of human limbs to infused adrenergic agonists: A gravitational effect?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2105-2113

  Pawelczyk, James A ^a,b   Levine, Benjamin D ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Vasoconstriction; adrenergic receptor; adrenergic receptor

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ISOPRENALINE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOREARM; GRAVITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; LIMB; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0036082346     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00979.2001     Document Type: Article

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