Phenotypical evidence for a gender difference in cardiac norepinephrine transporter function

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 5 55-5, 2004, Pages

  Schroeder, Christoph ^a   Adams, Frauke ^a   Boschmann, Michael ^a   Tank, Jens ^a   Haertter, Sebastian ^b   Diedrich, Andre ^c   Biaggioni, Italo ^c   Luft, Friedrich C ^a   Jordan, Jens ^a,d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FRANZ VOLHARD CLINIC   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; ISOPRENALINE; NORADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER; REBOXETINE; SEX HORMONE; TYRAMINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER BLOOD PRESSURE; GENDER; HAND GRIP; HEAD TILTING; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MORPHOLINES; MYOCARDIUM; NOREPINEPHRINE; NOREPINEPHRINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POSTURE; REFLEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYMPORTERS;

EID: 1942519703     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00689.2003     Document Type: Article

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