Habitual exercise and arterial aging

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1323-1332

  Seals, Douglas R ^a   DeSouza, Christopher A ^a   Donato, Anthony J ^a   Tanaka, Hirofumi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Blood flow; Endothelial function; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLIANCE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; STEM CELLS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 55449122024     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90553.2008     Document Type: Review

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