Physical activity prevents age-related impairment in nitric oxide availability in elderly athletes

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 25, 2000, Pages 2896-2901

  Taddei, Stefano ^a   Galetta, Fabio ^a   Virdis, Agostino ^a   Ghiadoni, Lorenzo ^a   Salvetti, Guido ^a   Franzoni, Ferdinando ^a   Giusti, Costantino ^a   Salvetti, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Endothelium; Exercise; Free radicals; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ASCORBIC ACID; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0034720839     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.25.2896     Document Type: Article

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