Increase in nitric oxide formation after chronic voluntary exercise in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-153

  Jonsdottir, I H ^a   Jungersten, L ^a   Johansson, C ^b   Wennmalm, A ^a   Thoren P ^b   Hoffmann, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exercise; Nitrate; Nitric oxide; Shear stress; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREADMILL;

ANIMALS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR;

EID: 0031931994     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1998.0285f.x     Document Type: Article

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