Acute ascorbic acid and hindlimb skeletal muscle blood flow distribution in old rats: Rest and exercise

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1498-1505

  Copp, Steven W ^a   Schwagerl, Peter J ^a   Hirai, Daniel M ^a   Poole, David C ^a   Musch, Timothy I ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidants; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species; Vascular control; Vasodilation; Vitamin c

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; MICROSPHERE;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HINDLIMB; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE EXERCISE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REST; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HINDLIMB; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 84870156618     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y2012-109     Document Type: Article

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