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The relation between habitual physical activity and sympathetic vascular transduction in healthy young adults

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We thank laboratory coordinator Liza Walker for scheduling/recruitment assistance. This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants R01HL128388 (WBF) and P20 GM113125, American Heart Association Grant 18POST34060020 (ATR), ACSM Research Endowment Award #16-00213 (ATR), and a University of Delaware Doctoral Fellowship (JCW).

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  1. Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19713, USA

    Joseph C. Watso, Matthew C. Babcock, Kamila U. Migdal, William B. Farquhar & Austin T. Robinson

  2. Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75231, USA

    Joseph C. Watso

  3. Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA

    Matthew C. Babcock

  4. War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, 20422, USA

    Kamila U. Migdal

  5. Neurovascular Physiology Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, 301 Wire Road, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA

    Austin T. Robinson

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Watso, J.C., Babcock, M.C., Migdal, K.U. et al. The relation between habitual physical activity and sympathetic vascular transduction in healthy young adults. Clin Auton Res 31, 335–337 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-021-00770-0

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