Nitric oxide and passive limb movement: A new approach to assess vascular function

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1413-1425

  Trinity, Joel D ^a,b   Groot, H Jonathan ^c   Layec, Gwenael ^b   Rossman, Matthew J ^c   Ives, Stephen J ^a,b   Runnels, Sean ^c   Gmelch, Ben ^c   Bledsoe, Amber ^c   Richardson, Russell S ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858219255     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.224741     Document Type: Article

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