Effects of acetylcholine and nitric oxide on forearm blood flow at rest and after a single muscle contraction

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2249-2254

  Brock, R W ^a   Tschakovsky, M E ^a   Shoemaker, J K ^a   Halliwill, J R ^b   Joyner, M J ^b   Hughson, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Atropine; Exercise hyperemia; Human forearm; N(G) monomethyl L arginine; Pulsed Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOREARM; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031764412     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.6.2249     Document Type: Article

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