Acute effects of oral melatonin administration on arterial distensibility, as determined by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, in healthy young men

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 311-313

  Yildiz, Mustafa ^a,d   Sahin, Banu ^b   Sahin, Alparslan ^c  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Gülbahar Sok ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arterial distensibility; Melatonin; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIME;

EID: 33845585648     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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