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  • Title: Age-associated changes of exercise-induced plasma catecholamine responses.
    Author: Lehmann M, Keul J.
    Journal: Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol; 1986; 55(3):302-6. PubMed ID: 3732257.
    Abstract:
    Age-associated plasma catecholamine responses were evaluated in 10 young (25 +/- 3 years) and 11 older competition cyclists (66.2 +/- 6 years) during incremental ergometric cycling. Noradrenaline levels were higher in the older subjects at rest, at identical work loads and at exhaustion. Adrenaline levels were similar in both groups at rest, higher in the old test subjects at identical work loads and lower in the old subjects at exhaustion. The noradrenaline-adrenaline ratio changed significantly depending on age from 5.1 +/- 0.5 to 8.7 +/- 2.1 which indicated higher adrenaline-related noradrenaline responses. The observed age-related differences may be caused by a compensatory mechanism which depends both on negatively age-correlated physical fitness, and on the decreased sensitivity of the organism to beta-adrenergic stimulation with age, as well as on an age-dependent change in the clearance of catecholamines from the circulation as described by Esler et al. (1981).
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