Does sympathetic activation blunt nitric oxide-mediated hyperemia in the human forearm?

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-91

  Engelke, K A ^a,b   Williams, M M ^a,b   Dietz, N M ^a,b   Joyner, M J ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Nitric oxide; Sympathetic activity; Sympatholysis; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BRETYLIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENTOLAMINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SUCTION; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030951295     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02267752     Document Type: Article

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