Evidence for agonist-specific endothelial vasodilator dysfunction with ageing in healthy humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 542, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 255-262

  DeSouza, Christopher A ^a,b   Clevenger, Christopher M ^a   Greiner, Jared J ^a   Smith, Derek T ^a   Hoetzer, Greta L ^a   Shapiro, Linda F ^a   Stauffer, Brian L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BRADYKININ; ISOPRENALINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SUBSTANCE P;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; AGE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIAL VASODILATOR DYSFUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BRADYKININ; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FOREARM; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROPRUSSIDE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SUBSTANCE P; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0036660626     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.019166     Document Type: Article

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