Aging alters the contribution of nitric oxide to regional muscle hemodynamic control at rest and during exercise in rats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 989-998

  Hirai, Daniel M ^a   Copp, Steven W ^a,b   Hageman, K Sue ^a   Poole, David C ^a,b   Musch, Timothy I ^a,b  

^a Clarenburg Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Blood flow; Endothelium dependent vasodilation; Hyperemia; Skeletal muscle fiber type

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FISCHER 344 RAT; HEMODYNAMICS; HINDLIMB; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REST; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HINDLIMB; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REST; VASODILATION; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 80054694695     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00490.2011     Document Type: Article

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