Enhanced endothelial activity reflected in cutaneous blood flow oscillations of athletes

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 16-22

  Kvernmo, Hebe Désirée ^a   Stefanovska, Aneta ^b   Kirkebøen, Knut Arvid ^c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Endothelium mediated vasodilatation; Oscillations; Spectral analysis; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE PERFUSION; TRAINING;

EID: 0242551236     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-003-0867-6     Document Type: Article

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