Ephedrine-caffeine mixture in wet-cold stress

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 364-372

  Kowalczyk, Marek ^a   Antkowiak, Bozena ^a   Antkowiak, Oktawiusz ^a   Brytan, Marek ^a   Zdanowski, Robert ^a   Kłos, Anna ^b   Frankiewicz Jóźko, Anna ^b  

^a MILITARY INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Department of Food Investigation and Nutrition Physiology ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Cold acclimation; Ephedrine; Metabolic response; Wet cold stress

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CATECHOLAMINE; EPHEDRINE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DRUG MIXTURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOSOMATICS; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 33746336299     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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