Chronic exercise enhances vascular responses to clonidine in rats by increasing endothelial α 2 -adrenergic receptor affinity

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 61-66

  Chen, Hsiun Ing ^a   Cheng, Shu Yuan ^a   Jen, Chauying J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adrenergic agonist; Arteries; Endothelial receptors; Nitric oxide; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLONIDINE; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; TETRYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0033038827     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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