Limb-specific training affects exercise hyperemia but not sympathetic vasoconstriction

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3819-3828

  Wimer, Gregory S ^a   Baldi, James C ^b  

^a Armstrong State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Exercise training; Limb specificity; Sympathetic vasoconstriction; Sympatholysis

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; EXERCISE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 84869221609     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-012-2359-z     Document Type: Article

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