Spleen volume changes during adrenergic stimulation with low doses of epinephrine

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 649-655

  Bakovic, D ^a   Pivac, N ^b   Zubin Maslov, P ^a   Breskovic, T ^a   Damonja, G ^b   Dujic, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Alpha adrenoreceptors; Baroreceptors; Beta adrenoreceptors; Epinephrine; Mean arterial pressure; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; SPLEEN SIZE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; EPINEPHRINE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SPLEEN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888241298     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: 18991505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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