Why do veins stiffen with advancing age?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-12

  Greaney, Jody L ^a   Farquhar, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; EDITORIAL; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEINS;

EID: 79251514005     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01273.2010     Document Type: Editorial

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