Postischemic vasodilation in human forearm is dependent on endothelium-derived nitric oxide

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 4 39-4, 1996, Pages

  Meredith, Ian T ^a   Currie, Kristen E ^a   Anderson, Todd J ^a   Roddy, Mary Anne ^a   Ganz, Peter ^a   Creager, Mark A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Endothelium derived relaxing factor cardiovascular division, brigham and women's hospital, 75 francis st., boston, ma 02115; Metabolic vasodilation; Ng monomethyl l arginine; Reactive hyperemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOREARM; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; ISCHEMIA; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; BLOOD VOLUME; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPERFUSION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION;

EID: 0029867206     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.270.4.h1435     Document Type: Article

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