Brachial artery flow-mediated dilation during handgrip exercise: Evidence for endothelial transduction of the mean shear stimulus

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Pyke, K E ^a   Poitras, V ^a   Tschakovsky, M E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Doppler ultrasound; Forearm exercise; Mechanotransduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HAND GRIP; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HAND STRENGTH; HEART RATE; HEAT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; HAND STRENGTH; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 49249135182     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01372.2007     Document Type: Article

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