Evidence of preserved endothelial function and vascular plasticity with age

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Wray, D Walter ^a,b   Uberoi, Abhimanyu ^a   Lawrenson, Lesley ^a   Richardson, Russell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Flow mediated dilation; Shear rate; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; MUSCLE EXERCISE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; VASODILATATION; AGING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 33645745267     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00883.2005     Document Type: Article

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