Skeletal muscle nitric oxide signaling and exercise: A focus on glucose metabolism

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 303, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  McConell, Glenn K ^a   Rattigan, Stephen ^b   Lee Young, Robert S ^c   Wadley, Glenn D ^d   Merry, Troy L ^e  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

5 adenosine monophosphate activated protein kinase; Blood flow; Contraction; Efficiency; Glucose uptake; Metabolism; Mitochondrial biogenesis; Nitric oxide; Oxygen consumption; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADAPTATION; BIOGENESIS; CELL DAMAGE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THROMBOSIS; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 84861870755     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00667.2011     Document Type: Review

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