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  1. Human Integrative Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

    Stacy D. Beske Ph.D.

  2. Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged Research and Training Institute, 1200 Centre Street, 02131-1097, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    J. Andrew Taylor Ph.D.

  3. Division on Aging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    J. Andrew Taylor Ph.D.

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Beske, S.D., Taylor, J.A. Obesity and autonomic function. Clinical Autonomic Research 11, 61–62 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02322046

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