Time course of vasodilation at the onset of repetitive skeletal muscle contractions

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Armstrong, Marika L ^a   Dua, Ashok K ^a   Murrant, Coral L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arteriole; Contraction frequency; Muscle contraction; Stimulus frequency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREMASTER MUSCLE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HAMSTER; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; CRICETINAE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROPRUSSIDE; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33846155587     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00381.2006     Document Type: Article

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