Vulnerable Caregivers of Alzheimer Disease Patients Have a Deficit in β2-Adrenergic Receptor Sensitivity and Density

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-286

  Mills, Paul J ^a,d   Adler, Karen A ^a   Dimsdale, Joel E ^a   Perez, Christy J ^a   Ziegler, Michael G ^b   Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^a,c   Patterson, Thomas L ^a,c   Grant, Igor ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; ISOPRENALINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PATIENT CARE; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 2342648265     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200405000-00007     Document Type: Article

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