Endothelium-dependent control of cerebrovascular functions through age: Exercise for healthy cerebrovascular aging

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Bolduc, Virginie ^a   Thorin Trescases, Nathalie ^a   Thorin, Eric ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Catecholamines; Cerebral circulation; Endothelium; Exercise training; Health; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; INTERLEUKIN 6; METOPROLOL; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PROPRANOLOL; PROTEIN KINASE B; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HEART CYCLE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

AGING; CATECHOLAMINES; CEREBRAL CIRCULATION; ENDOTHELIUM; EXERCISE TRAINING; HEALTH; SHEAR STRESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 84883312203     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00624.2012     Document Type: Review

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