Localized tyrosine or tetrahydrobiopterin supplementation corrects the age-related decline in cutaneous vasoconstriction

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1361-1368

  Lang, James A ^a   Holowatz, Lacy A ^a   Kenney, W Larry ^b  

^a University Park ^*  (United States)

^b Graduate Physiology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RINGER SOLUTION; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; TYROSINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICRODIALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VASOCONSTRICTION; COOLING; FOREARM;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; AGED; AGING; BIOPTERIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; TYRAMINE; TYROSINE; VASOCONSTRICTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953200924     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.185694     Document Type: Article

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