Induction and maintenance of increased VEGF protein by chronic motor nerve stimulation in skeletal muscle

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 3 43-3, 1998, Pages

  Annex, Brian H ^a,b   Torgan, Carol E ^a   Lin, Pengnian ^a   Taylor, Doris A ^a   Thompson, Michael A ^a   Peters, Kevin G ^a   Kraus, William E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Endurance training; Exercise; Growth factor; Vascularity

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FAST MUSCLE; GLYCOLYSIS; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PERONEUS NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0031893180     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.3.h860     Document Type: Article

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