Plasma clearance of noradrenaline does not change with age in normal subjects
- 1 October 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging
- Vol. 5 (5) , 443-446
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-097x.1985.tb00775.x
Abstract
Summary.Noradrenaline kinetics (plasma concentrations, plasma clearance and appearance rates) were investigated in seven elderly healthy subjects and in six young healthy subjects. Forearm venous plasma noradrenaline concentrations were higher in the elderly subjects compared with the young subjects. Plasma clearance of noradrenaline was identical in the two groups. The increase in plasma noradrenaline concentration, with age, probably reflects an increased sympathetic nervous activity.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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