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Decreased oxidative deamination of catecholamines associated with clinical scleroderma by Jan Posted Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:56pm By Shannon Brunjes and Colleague Urinary catecholamines and their metabolites were determined in fourteen scleroderma patients and in twenty normals. Scleroderma patients showed significantly decreased output of free epinephrine, total norepinephrine, and vanillylmandelic acid (VMA). There was significant elevation of total normetanephrine (NM Read on »

Phaeochromocytoma Mimicking Scleroderma by Jan Posted Fri 18 Mar 2011 3:04am of her adrenal phaeochromocytoma and normalization of catecholamine levels. Sympathetic overactivity associated with oesophageal dysmotility could have accounted for our patient.... 1. Introduction Phaeochromocytomas are catecholamine-secreting tumours of chromaffin cells in the adrenal gland or in extra-adrenal sympathetic ganglia (where Read on »

Can Chronic Stress Harm Your Heart? by Robert W. Posted Sun 12 Apr 2009 9:46pm shown that elevated levels of catecholamines can be directly toxic to the heart’s muscle cells and, thus, chronically elevated catecholamine levels may play a role in the eventual... regarding the pathophysiology of SCM is that patients with tumors that secrete epinephrine and norepinephrine (collectively referred to as catecholamines) can sometimes present Read on »

“Wired but Tired” by Lauren Posted Tue 29 Dec 2009 12:00am off an exaggerated response, flooding their systems with stress hormones called the catecholamines. In fact, there may not be a specific stressor–autonomic fluxes may occur unpredictably like internal weather changes. In some ways this could be defined as a catecholamine disorder. The principal catecholamines are epinephrine and adrenaline. People Read on »

YAY, AWESOME News!!!!FINALLY I ... by Jo C. Burzycki Patient Expert

Posted Tue 17 Jun 2008 2:27pm YAY, AWESOME News!!!!FINALLY I have some really great news to share with all of you. First I want to thank you though for always keeping the kiddos and I in your thoughts and prayers.Today was Big B's follow-up appointment with his endocrinologist. Three months ago the results from his 24hr urine test (that measures catecholamines, metanephrines and VMA Read on »

Routine Tests Can Induce Stress ... by Dr. Rubens D. Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 27 Mar 2009 3:39pm Routine Tests Can Induce Stress Cardiomyopathy Reversible cardiac dysfunction can occur when using catecholamines and beta-receptor agonists 28 mar 2009- Routine procedures and tests using catecholamines and beta-receptor agonists can precipitate stress cardiomyopathy, according to study findings released online March 25 in advance Read on »

Neurotransmission on Fire?: Metabolic Activation Heightens Effect of PBDEs by Environmental Health Posted Wed 30 Apr 2008 9:00pm in terms of intracellular calcium concentration (denoted [Ca2+]i) and release of catecholamine neurotransmitters [EHP 116:637–643; Dingemans et al.]. This finding suggests... activity. The authors used cultured rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells, which secrete catecholamines upon stimulation, to compare the effects of 6-OH-BDE47 with those of BDE-47 Read on »

New Study: Interval Training Helps Reduce Belly Fat by Total Health Breakthroughs Patient Expert

Posted Thu 06 May 2010 8:04pm believes it has something to do with the increase in hormones called catecholamines (adrenaline is a catecholamine hormone). These increase after intervals, but not after slow cardio. Catecholamines are a fat-burning hormone and there are a lot of catecholamine receptors in belly fat. He thinks the elevated fat-burning hormones from intervals ends up leading to targeted Read on »

Trick of the Trade: Burned fingertips as a clinical clue by Michelle Lin Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 08 Sep 2010 12:00am binge, patients often get a washed-out syndrome where their catecholamine stores are completely depleted. They sleep for hours. Often they come in this washed-out stage when Read on »

Laughter is good medicine. It a ... by Duane Sherry, M.S. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 28 Sep 2008 1:30pm of a laughter event might reduce stress hormones. To test their theory they studied 16 healthy fasting male volunteers for cortisol and catecholamine level changes. The participants were... levels can weaken the immune system. The research is entitled Cortisol and Catecholamine Stress Hormone Decrease Is Associated with the Behavior of Perceptual Anticipation Read on »

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