Augmented leg vasoconstriction in dynamically exercising older men during acute sympathetic stimulation

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 551, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 337-344

  Koch, Dennis W ^a   Leuenberger, Urs A ^b   Proctor, David N ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; OXYGEN; LACTIC ACID;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL VEIN; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEADY STATE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THERMODILUTION; VASOCONSTRICTION; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BICYCLING; COLD; EXERCISE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0042856278     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.042747     Document Type: Review

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