Effects of age on brachial artery myogenic responses in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 3 56-3, 2004, Pages

  Lott, Mary E J ^a   Herr, Michael D ^a   Sinoway, Lawrence I ^a,b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Circulation; Regional blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BODY COMPOSITION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FOREARM; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 4143129733     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00612.2003     Document Type: Article

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