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The experiments were supported by a grant from the ‘Bürgermeisterfonds der Stadt Wien’.
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Bayerle-Eder, M., Mittermayer, F., Pleiner, J. et al. Endogenously and exogenously increased noradrenaline exerts sex-different responses in humans. J Hum Hypertens 16, 875–877 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1001491
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