Effects of acute exercise on flow-mediated dilatation in healthy humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1589-1598

  Dawson, Ellen A ^a   Green, Daniel J ^a,b   Cable, N Timothy ^a   Thijssen, Dick H J ^a,c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute; Exercise; FMD; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ACUTE; ANIMAL; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EXERCISE; FMD; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; VASODILATATION;

ACUTE; EXERCISE; FMD; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84890364029     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00450.2013     Document Type: Article

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