Acute dietary nitrate supplementation enhances compensatory vasodilation during hypoxic exercise in older adults

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 178-186

  Casey, Darren P ^a   Treichler, David P ^a   Ganger, Charles T ^a   Schneider, Aaron C ^a   Ueda, Kenichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dietary nitrate; Exercise; Hypoxia; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; BEET; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BETA VULGARIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITRATES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921377347     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00662.2014     Document Type: Article

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