Greater systemic lipolysis in women compared with men during moderate-dose infusion of epinephrine and/or norepinephrine

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 200-210

  Horton, Tracy J ^a   Dow, Suzanne ^a   Armstrong, Michael ^b   Donahoo, W Troy ^b  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucose kinetics; Glycerol kinetics; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEX FACTORS; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650089642     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90812.2008     Document Type: Article

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