Limb blood flow and vascular conductance are reduced with age in healthy humans: Relation to elevations in sympathetic nerve activity and declines in oxygen demand

Circulation

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 164-170

  Dinenno, Frank A ^a   Jones, Pamela P ^a   Seals, Douglas R ^a,b   Tanaka, Hirofumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Perfusion; Regional blood flow; Ultrasonics; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0033551503     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.100.2.164     Document Type: Article

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