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Hormone Messenger Inside Cells Powers Quick Heart Response
A Vanderbilt study explains how eight rapid steps after danger lead to adrenaline driven heart acceleration. Hormones travel to target organs, then an internal errand boy called cyclic AMP transmits the message to enzymes, boosting heart activity. Researchers Earl Sutherland, R W Butcher, and G Alan Robison described the mechanism.
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Vanderbilt
Earl W. Sutherland
R. W. Butcher
G. Alan Robison