Effects of dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on the skeletal-muscle blood-flow response to exercise in rats

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 475-486

  Stebbins, Charles L ^a   Hammel, Lauren E ^b   Marshal, Benjamin J ^a   Spangenberg, Espen E ^c   Musch, Timothy I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Heart rate; Treadmill exercise; Vascular conductance

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; SAFFLOWER OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEART RATE; HINDLIMB; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMALL INTESTINE; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; STOMACH BLOOD FLOW; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; RATTUS;

EID: 78649363392     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: 15432742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.20.6.475     Document Type: Article

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