Effects of exercise on endothelium and endothelium/smooth muscle cross talk: Role of exercise-induced hemodynamics

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 311-320

  Newcomer, S C ^a   Thijssen, Dick H J ^b,c   Green, D J ^c,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyclic stretch; Exercise; Hemodynamics; Oscillatory; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EXERCISE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79960249237     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00033.2011     Document Type: Review

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