Influences of gender on sympathetic nerve responses to static exercise

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 245-251

  Ettinger, Steven M ^a   Silber, David H ^b   Collins, Belinda G ^b   Gray, Kristen S ^b   Sutliff, Greg ^b   Whisler, Sandra K ^b   McClain, Joseph M ^b   Smith, Michael B ^b   Yang, Qing X ^b   Sinoway, Lawrence I ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 13344260686     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.1.245     Document Type: Article

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