The circulatory and metabolic responses to hypoxia in humans - with special reference to adipose tissue physiology and obesity

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue AUG, 2016, Pages

  Heinonen, Ilkka H A ^a,b   Boushel, Robert ^c   Kalliokoski, Kari K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Blood flow; Humans; Hypoxia; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 84989332416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2016.00116     Document Type: Short Survey

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