Endothelial nitric oxide synthase control mechanisms in the cutaneous vasculature of humans in vivo

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Kellogg Jr , Dean L ^a   Zhao, Joan L ^b   Wu, Yubo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Laser Doppler flowmetry; Microdialysis; Nitric oxide; NOS III; Skin blood flow

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DERIVATIVE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; N(G) AMINOARGININE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARGININE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G)-AMINOARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NOS3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICRODIALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; VASODILATATION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FOREARM; HEAT INJURY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TIME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; ARGININE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; NITROPRUSSIDE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 49849102702     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00082.2008     Document Type: Article

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