Lifelong physical activity prevents an age-related reduction in arterial and skeletal muscle nitric oxide bioavailability in humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 5361-5370

  Nyberg, Michael ^a,b   Blackwell, James R ^c   Damsgaard, Rasmus ^b   Jones, Andrew M ^c   Hellsten, Ylva ^a   Mortensen, Stefan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERSTITIUM; LEG BLOOD FLOW; METABOLITE; NITRIC OXIDE BIOAVAILABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REST; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TISSUE LEVEL; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIOXIDANTS; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; NITRITES; NOREPINEPHRINE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868104223     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.239053     Document Type: Article

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