Effects of aging on cardiac output, regional blood flow, and body composition in Fischer-344 rats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1813-1822

  Delp, Michael D ^a   Evans, Marina V ^b   Duan, Changping ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Maturation; Strain differences

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEART INDEX; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0031795412     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.5.1813     Document Type: Article

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