Reflex peripheral vasoconstriction is diminished in older men

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 512-515

  Kenney, W Larry ^a   Armstrong, C Glenn ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; cold stress; forearm blood flow; peripheral vascular responses; vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COOLING; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030039481     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.2.512     Document Type: Article

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