Conditions of aging as manifestations of sympathetic bias unmasked by loss of parasympathetic function

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 868-870

  Lee, Patrick Y ^a   Yun, A Joon ^a   Bazar, Kimberly A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b San Mateo County Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLUID RETENTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSOMNIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 2542457624     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2003.11.024     Document Type: Article

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