Four weeks of cycle training increases basal production of nitric oxide from the forearm

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 3 41-3, 1997, Pages

  Kingwell, Bronwyn A ^a,b   Sherrard, Bridget ^a   Jennings, Garry L ^a   Dart, Anthony M ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; endothelium dependent vasodilation; exercise; human; lactate; nitrate; nitrite; oxygen consumption; sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITRITE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EXERCISE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030975752     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.3.h1070     Document Type: Article

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