Regulation of human skeletal muscle perfusion and its heterogeneity during exercise in moderate hypoxia

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 299, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Heinonen, Ilkka H ^a,b   Kemppainen, Jukka ^a,b   Kaskinoro, Kimmo ^a,b   Peltonen, Juha E ^c   Borra, Ronald ^a,b   Lindroos, Markus ^a   Oikonen, Vesa ^a   Nuutila, Pirjo ^a,b   Knuuti, Juhani ^a   Boushel, Robert ^d   Kalliokoski, Kari K ^a  

^a TURKU PET CENTRE   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exercise; Hypoxia; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; AMINOPHYLLINE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; EXTRACTION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; HYPOXIA; KNEE; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADENOSINE; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; CAPILLARIES; EXERCISE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; PERFUSION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; REST; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77954409291     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00056.2010     Document Type: Article

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