Ageing and leg postjunctional α-adrenergic vasoconstrictor responsiveness in healthy men

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 582, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-71

  Smith, Erica G ^a   Voyles, Wyatt F ^b   Kirby, Brett S ^a   Markwald, Rachel R ^a   Dinenno, Frank A ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b Poudre Valley Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; TYRAMINE; ALPHA 1A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG BLOOD VESSEL; MALE; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASOCONSTRICTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BODY COMPOSITION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VENOUS CIRCULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TYRAMINE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 34347269619     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.130591     Document Type: Article

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