Venous smooth muscle tone and responsiveness in older adults

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1362-1367

  Young, Colin N ^a   Stillabower, Michael E ^a,b   DiSabatino, Angela ^b   Farquhar, William B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Fred Rust Arena Office #143/HPL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Nitroglycerin; Venous capacitance

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VEIN; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITROGLYCERIN; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VEINS;

EID: 33751177775     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00448.2006     Document Type: Article

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