Low blood flow at onset of moderate-intensity exercise does not limit muscle oxygen uptake

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Nyberg, Michael ^a   Mortensen, Stefan P ^a   Saltin, Bengt ^a   Hellsten, Ylva ^a   Bangsbo, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Oxygen delivery; Oxygen extraction; Prostanoids

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTANOID;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PH; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE EXERCISE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

ADULT; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXERCISE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROARGININE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEROXIDES; PROSTAGLANDINS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; UREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749323238     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00730.2009     Document Type: Article

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