Control of Skeletal Muscle Blood Flow during Dynamic Exercise: Contribution of Endothelium-Derived Nitric Oxide

Sports Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-146

  Green, Daniel J ^a   O'Driscoll, Gerry ^a   Blanksby, Brian A ^a   Taylor, Roger R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTERIOLE; COUNTERCURRENT SYSTEM; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; VENULE;

ANIMALS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION;

EID: 0030038841     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199621020-00004     Document Type: Review

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