During hypoxic exercise some vasoconstriction is needed to match O2 delivery with O2 demand at the microcirculatory level

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-130

  Lundby, Carsten ^a,b   Boushel, Robert ^c,d   Robach, Paul ^e   Møller, Kirsten ^e   Saltin, Bengt ^a   Calbet, José A L ^a,f  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^e Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN EXTRACTION FRACTION; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BREATHING; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEG ARTERIOVENOUS OXYGEN DIFFERENCE; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG VASCULAR CONDUCTANCE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN DELIVERY; VENOUS OXYGEN CONTENT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADULT; ANOXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 37749006648     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.146035     Document Type: Article

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