K+ as a vasodilator in resting human muscle: Implications for exercise hyperaemia

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 311-318

  Juel, C ^a,d   Olsen, S ^a   Rentsch, R L ^a   Gonzalez Alonso J ^b,c   Rosenmeier, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Channels; Flow; Potassium; Regulation

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADULT; BARIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXERCISE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REST; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 34447299157     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2007.01678.x     Document Type: Article

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