Giving thyroid hormone makes the same increase in certain heart receptors in both young and old rats, but that change doesn’t explain why older rats’ hearts don’t respond the same way to adrenaline as younger ones.

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Effects of thyroid hormone on beta-adrenergic responsiveness of aging cardiovascular systems.

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Animal & In Vitro

1987 Mar

The study found that giving thyroid hormone boosts the number of heart and blood vessel receptors in both young and old rats equally, but older rats still don’t respond as well to stimulation — meaning something else besides receptor count is causing the difference.

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Effects of thyroid hormone on beta-adrenergic responsiveness of aging cardiovascular systems.

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DOI: 10.1152/AJPHEART.1987.252.3.H513

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In older rats, giving them a thyroid hormone helps their blood vessels respond better to a chemical that normally makes them relax — but only partly. This suggests that as rats age, their thyroid hormones and blood vessel reactions become less connected.

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