Vasodilatory mechanisms in contracting skeletal muscle

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 393-403

  Clifford, Philip S ^a   Hellsten, Ylva ^b  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Functional vasodilation; Metabolic vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; LACTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; PROSTANOID; PROTON; VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ERYTHROCYTE; EXERCISE HYPEREMIA; FLOW MEDIATED VASODILATION; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPOXIA; INTERSTITIUM; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATE EXERCISE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; KINETICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 3042610250     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00179.2004     Document Type: Review

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