Spontaneous running increases aortic compliance in Wistar-Kyoto rats

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 132-137

  Kingwell, Bronwyn A ^a   Arnold, Pamela J ^a   Jennings, Garry L ^a   Dart, Anthony M ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Compliance; Exercise; Nitrates; Noradrenaline; Rat, arteries; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENALIN; NITRATE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEART; HEART WEIGHT; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RUNNING; VASCULAR RING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AORTA; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROPRUSSIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; RUNNING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0030826806     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(97)00079-5     Document Type: Article

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