L-arginine infusion increases basal but not activated cerebral blood flow in humans

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 309-315

  Reutens, David C ^a,b   McHugh, Michael D ^a   Toussaint, Paule Joanne ^a   Evans, Alan C ^a   Gjedde, Albert ^a   Meyer, Ernst ^a   Stewart, Duncan J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arginine; Autoregulation; Cerebral blood flow; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROGEN; INSULIN; NITRIC OXIDE; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030995270     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199703000-00008     Document Type: Article

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