A new method to study changes in microvascular blood volume in muscle and adipose tissue: Real-time imaging in humans and rat

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sjøberg, Kim A ^a   Rattigan, Stephen ^b   Hiscock, Natalie ^c   Richter, Erik A ^a   Kiens, Bente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Capillary recruitment; Exercise; Insulin; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERINSULINEMIA; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEADY STATE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD VOLUME; BLOOD VOLUME DETERMINATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HINDLIMB; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVESSELS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEX FACTORS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79961094538     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01174.2010     Document Type: Article

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