Effects of elevated plasma adrenaline levels on substrate metabolism, effort perception and muscle activation during low-to-moderate intensity exercise

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 451, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 727-737

  West, Sacha J ^a   Goedecke, Julia H ^a   Van Niekerk, Lizl ^a   Collins, Malcolm ^a   St Clair Gibson, Alan ^a   Macdonald, Ian A ^b   Noakes, Timothy D ^a   Lambert, Estelle V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromyographic activity; Glycogen; Intramuscular triglyceride; Substrate availability; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPINEPHRINE; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NOREPINEPHRINE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; TRIGLYCERIDES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 32444439667     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-005-1516-1     Document Type: Article

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