Reduction in α-adrenergic receptor-mediated vascular tone contributes to improved arterial compliance with endurance training

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 346-352

  Sugawara, Jun ^a,b   Komine, Hidehiko ^a   Hayashi, Koichiro ^a   Yoshizawa, Mutsuko ^a   Otsuki, Takeshi ^c   Shimojo, Nobutake ^c   Miyauchi, Takashi ^c   Yokoi, Takashi ^a   Maeda, Seiji ^c   Tanaka, Hirofumi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Endothelial function; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHENTOLAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CAROTID ARTERY; ENDURANCE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TONOMETRY; TRAINING; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPLIANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 67349150809     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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